Carmen discography

This is a discography of audio and video recordings of Carmen, a French-language opera by Georges Bizet. The opera premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875. Carmen is one of the most frequently recorded operas, dating back to a near-complete German acoustical recording in 1908.

Audio recordings

Year	Cast (Carmen, Don José, Micaëla, Escamillo)	Conductor, Opera house and orchestra	Label[1]/Notes
1908	Emmy Destinn Carl Jörn Minnie Nast Hermann Bachmann	Bruno Seidler-Winkler Grammophone Orchestra Berlin Berlin State Opera chorus (sung in German)	CD: Aura Music Cat: LRC 1900 CD: Marston Records Cat: 52022-2[2]
1911	Marguerite Mérentié Agustarello Affré Aline Vallandri Henri Albers	François Ruhlmann l'Orchestre Symphonique Chœur de l'Opéra-Comique	CD: Malibran Cat: MR 560 CD: Marston Records Cat: 52019-2[3]
1920	Fanny Anitùa Luigi Bolis Ines Maria Ferraris Cesare Formichi	Unknown Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (sung in Italian)	LP: Columbia Cat: D 5582-97[4]
1927	Lucy Perelli José de Trévi Yvonne Brothier Louis Musy	Piero Coppola Chœur et Orchestre de l'Opéra-Comique	LP: Victor Cat:[5]
1928	Raymonde Visconti Georges Thill Marthe Nespoulous Louis Guénot	Élie Cohen l'Orchestre Symphonique de Paris Chœur de l'Opéra-Comique	LP: Columbia Recording Cat: 27809[5][6]
1931	Gabriella Besanzoni Piero Pauli Maria Carbone Ernesto Besanzoni	Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (sung in Italian)	CD: Myto Records Cat:
1932	Aurora Buades Aureliano Pertile Ines Alfani Tellini [it] Benvenuto Franci [it]	Lorenzo Molajoli Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (sung in Italian)	CD: Phonographe Records Cat:
1937	Rosa Ponselle René Maison Hilda Burke Julius Huehn	Gennaro Papi Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	CD: Walhall Cat: WHL 15[5]
1942	Germaine Cernay Raymond Berthaud Ginette Guillamat Lucien Lovano	Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht Orchestre National de France	CD: Malibran-Music (Radio Provence) Cat: CDRG172
	Elisabeth Höngen Torsten Ralf Elfriede Weidlich Josef Herrmann	Karl Böhm Staatsoper Dresden orchestra and chorus (sung in German)	CD: Preiser Cat: PR90152[6]
1943	Lily Djanel Raoul Jobin Licia Albanese Leonard Warren	Thomas Beecham Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD0006[6]
1950	Solange Michel Raoul Jobin Martha Angelici Michel Dens	André Cluytens Chœur et Orchestre de l'Opéra-Comique	CD: EMI mono Cat: CMS5 65318-2 LP: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.110238-39[5][6]
1951	Risë Stevens Jan Peerce Licia Albanese Robert Merrill	Fritz Reiner RCA Victor orchestra	LP: RCA Victrola Cat: AVM3-0670 CD: RCA Red Seal Cat: 88843041212
1951	Suzanne Juyol Libera de Luca Janine Micheau Julien Giovannetti	Albert Wolff Opéra-Comique orchestra and chorus	CD: Preiser Cat:[5][6] LP: Decca Cat: LXT2615-17
1952	Risë Stevens Richard Tucker Nadine Conner Paolo Silveri	Fritz Reiner Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	CD: Sony Classical Cat: 88697 96189 2[6]
1952	Vera Borisenko Georgii Nelepp Elizaveta Shumskaya Alexei Ivanov	Vassili Nebolsin Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus (sung in Russian)	LP: MK Cat: DO1508-15[4]
1954	Kerstin Meyer Arne Hendriksen Elisabeth Söderström Sigurd Björling	Sixten Ehrling Royal Swedish Opera orchestra and chorus (sung in Swedish)	CD: Bluebell Cat: ABCD109
	Giulietta Simionato Nicolai Gedda Hilde Gueden Michel Roux	Herbert von Karajan Wiener Symphoniker Singerverein	CD: Andante Cat: AN3100[6]
	Risë Stevens Richard Tucker Victoria de los Ángeles Frank Guarrera	Tibor Kozma Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	CD: Gala Cat: GL10063[6]
1955	Giulietta Simionato Giuseppe Di Stefano Rosanna Carteri Michel Roux	Herbert von Karajan Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD0156[6]
1956	Risë Stevens Giuseppe Di Stefano Lucine Amara Robert Merrill	Max Rudolf Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	CD: Golden Melodram Cat: 50070[6]
1957	Risë Stevens Mario Del Monaco Lucine Amara Frank Guarrera	Dimitri Mitropoulos Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	CD: Living Stage Cat: LS1093[6]
1959	Victoria de los Ángeles Nicolai Gedda Janine Micheau Ernest Blanc	Sir Thomas Beecham Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France	CD: EMI Classics Cat: CMS567357 2[5][6]
	Irina Arkhipova Mario Del Monaco Irina Maslennikova Pavel Lisitsian	Alexander Melik-Pashayev Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus (sung in Russian and Italian)	CD: Myto Cat: MCD053311[6]
	Consuelo Rubio Léopold Simoneau Pierrette Alarie Heinz Rehfuss	Pierre-Michel Le Conte Concerts de Paris orchestra and Paris Conservatoire chorus	LP: Concert Hall Cat:[4]
1960	Sonia Cervená Rolf Apreck Maria Croonen Robert Lauhöfer	Herbert Kegel Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester (sung in German)	CD: Classics Cat: 0300119BC[6]
	Irina Arkhipova Mario Del Monaco Marcella Pobbé Ernest Blanc	Peter Maag Teatro di San Carlo orchestra and chorus	CD: Gala Cat: GL100676[6]
1961	Christa Ludwig Rudolf Schock Melitta Muszely Hermann Prey	Horst Stein Berliner Symphoniker, chorus of Deutsche Oper Berlin (sung in German)	CD: EMI Electrola Cat: 653 252 903-2
1962	Oralia Dominguez Maria Stader Josef Metternich Josef Simandi	Ferenc Fricsay Bavarian State Opera orchestra and chorus	LP: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 136032[6]
1963	Regina Resnik Mario Del Monaco Joan Sutherland Tom Krause	Thomas Schippers Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Grand Théâtre de Genève chorus	LP: Decca Cat: /London[5][6]
1964	Leontyne Price Franco Corelli Mirella Freni Robert Merrill	Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus	LP: RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-6199 CD: RCA Victor Red Seal Cat: 7432139495 2 [5][6]1965 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording
1964	Maria Callas Nicolai Gedda Andréa Guiot Robert Massard	Georges Prêtre Paris Opera orchestra and chorus	CD: EMI Classics Cat:[5][6]
1970	Grace Bumbry Jon Vickers Mirella Freni Kostas Paskalis	Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Théâtre National de l'Opéra orchestra and chorus	CD: EMI Classics Cat: 724358550528[5][6]
1970	Anna Moffo Franco Corelli Helen Donath Piero Cappuccilli	Lorin Maazel Deutsche Oper Berlin orchestra and chorus	CD: Sony Cat: 88697446202
1973	Marilyn Horne James McCracken Adriana Maliponte Tom Krause	Leonard Bernstein Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 0 28942 74402 8 SACD: PENTATONE Cat: PTC 5186216[5]
1974	Régine Crespin Gilbert Py Jeannette Pilou José van Dam	Alain Lombard Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra Rhine Opera Chorus	LP: RCA-Erato Cat:[4]
1975	Tatiana Troyanos Plácido Domingo Kiri Te Kanawa José van Dam	Sir Georg Solti London Philharmonic Orchestra[7] John Alldis choir Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School choir	CD: Decca Cat: 414 489-2[5][6]
1977	Teresa Berganza Plácido Domingo Ileana Cotrubaş Sherrill Milnes	Claudio Abbado London Symphony Orchestra Ambrosian Singers	CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat:[5][6]
1983	Agnes Baltsa José Carreras Katia Ricciarelli José van Dam	Herbert von Karajan Berliner Philharmoniker	CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat:[5][6]
1984	Julia Migenes-Johnson Plácido Domingo Faith Esham Ruggero Raimondi	Lorin Maazel Orchestre National de France Radio France chorus (film directed by Francesco Rosi)	CD: ERATO Cat: ECD 880373[5][6]
1988	Jessye Norman Neil Shicoff Mirella Freni Simon Estes	Seiji Ozawa Orchestre National de France French National Radio Chorus	CD: Decca Cat: 478 2488[5][6]
1989	Elena Obraztsova Vladimir Atlantov Margarita Miglau Yuri Mazurok	Yuri Simonov Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus (sung in Russian)	CD: Melodiya Cat: MELCD1001516[6]
1990	Graciela Alperyn Giorgio Lamberti Doina Palade Alan Titus	Alexander Rahbari Czechoslovak Radio Symphony orchestra Slovak Philharmonic chorus	CD: Naxos Opera Classics Cat: 8660005-07[6]
1994	Béatrice Uria-Monzon Christian Papis Leontina Vaduva Vincent Le Texier	Alain Lombard Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine	CD: Auvidis Valois Cat: V 4734
1995	Jennifer Larmore Thomas Moser Angela Gheorghiu Samuel Ramey	Giuseppe Sinopoli Bayerische Staatsoper orchestra and chorus	CD: Teldec Cat: 0630126722[6]
2002	Angela Gheorghiu Roberto Alagna Inva Mula Thomas Hampson	Michel Plasson Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse	CD: EMI Classics Cat: 07243 557434 2 8
2002	Patricia Bardon Julian Gavin Mary Plazas Gary Magee	David Parry Philharmonia Orchestra Geoffrey Mitchell Choir New London Children's Choir (Sung in English)	CD: Chandos Cat: CHAN3091[6]
2010	Marina Domashenko Andrea Bocelli Eva Mei Bryn Terfel	Myung-whun Chung Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France	CD: Decca Cat:4757646[6]
2012	Magdalena Kožená Jonas Kaufmann Genia Kühmeier Kostas Smoriginas	Simon Rattle Berlin Philharmonic Deutsche Oper Berlin Chorus Deutsche Staatsoper Children's Chorus	CD: EMI Classics Cat: 50999 4 40285 2 7

Video recordings

Year	Cast (Carmen, Don José, Micaëla, Escamillo)	Conductor, Opera house and orchestra	Label
1956	Belén Amparan Franco Corelli Elda Ribetti Anselmo Colzani	Nino Sanzogno Italian Television orchestra and chorus (video directed by Franco Enriquez)	DVD: Hardy Cat: HCD4013[8]
1967	Grace Bumbry Jon Vickers Mirella Freni Justino Díaz	Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus	DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 4032[9]
1978	Elena Obraztsova Plácido Domingo Isobel Buchanan Yuri Mazurok	Carlos Kleiber Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus	DVD: TDK Cat: 8 24121 00097 4
1984	Julia Migenes-Johnson Plácido Domingo Faith Esham Ruggero Raimondi	Lorin Maazel Orchestre National de France and chorus Children's Chorus of Radio France (film directed by Francesco Rosi)	DVD: Columbia TriStar Cat: CDR 10530 Blu-ray: Gaumont Cat: 750530
1985	Maria Ewing Barry McCauley Marie McLaughlin David Holloway	Bernard Haitink London Philharmonic Orchestra (recorded at Glyndebourne Festival Opera)	DVD: Warner/NVC Arts Cat: 4509-99494-2[10]
1987	Agnes Baltsa José Carreras Leona Mitchell Samuel Ramey	James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (staged by Franco Zeffirelli, video director Brian Large)	DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 0009
2002	Anne Sofie von Otter Marcus Haddock Lisa Milne Laurent Naouri	Philippe Jordan London Philharmonic Orchestra (recorded at Glyndebourne Opera House)	DVD: Opus Arte Cat: OA 0867 D[11]
2006	Anna Caterina Antonacci Jonas Kaufmann Norah Amsellem Ildebrando D'Arcangelo	Antonio Pappano Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus (directed by Francesca Zambello)	DVD: Decca Cat: 074 3312 Blu-ray: Decca Cat: 3313[12]
2009	Anna Caterina Antonacci Andrew Richards Anne-Catherine Gillet Nicolas Cavallier	John Eliot Gardiner Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Monteverdi Choir, Maitrise des Hauts-de-Seine (directed by Adrian Noble)	DVD: Fra Musica Cat: FRA004
2010	Elīna Garanča Roberto Alagna Barbara Frittoli Teddy Tahu Rhodes	Yannick Nézet-Séguin Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (directed for the stage by Richard Eyre)	DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 0044 073 4581 8[13]
2010	Stéphanie d'Oustrac Gordon Gietz Olga Pasichnyk Jean-Luc Ballestra	Jean-Claude Casadesus Opéra de Lille orchestra and chorus (directed for the stage by Jean-François Sivadier)	DVD: France Inter Cat: 597 501-9
2017	Elīna Garanča Roberto Alagna Maria Agresta Ildar Abdrazakov	Mark Elder Opéra national de Paris orchestra and chorus (Recorded live, Opéra Bastille; Calixto Bieito, stage director)	HD video: medici.tv[14]
2018	Anna Goryachova Francesco Meli Kristina Mkhitaryan Kostas Smoriginas	Jakub Hrůša The Royal Opera orchestra and chorus (Recorded live, 6 March 2018; Barrie Kosky, production)	HD video: Royal Opera Stream[15]
2022	Elīna Garanča Brian Jagde Maria Teresa Leva Claudio Sgura	Marco Armiliato Arena di Verona Orchestra & Chorus (Recorded live, August; Franco Zeffirelli, production)	HD video: Unitel[16]
2024	Aigul Akhmetshina Piotr Beczała Angel Blue Kyle Ketelsen	Daniele Rustioni Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (Recorded live, 27 January 2024; Carrie Cracknell, production)	HD video: Met Opera on Demand[17]