[Met Performance] CID:122060
Carmen {352} Metropolitan Opera House: 12/4/1937.

(Debuts: Rosita Ortega, César Tapià)


Metropolitan Opera House
December 4, 1937


CARMEN {352}
Bizet-Meilhac/L. Halévy

Carmen..................Bruna Castagna
Don José................René Maison
Micaela.................Natalie Bodanya
Escamillo...............Julius Huehn
Frasquita...............Thelma Votipka
Mercédès................Helen Olheim
Remendado...............Giordano Paltrinieri
Dancaïre................George Cehanovsky
Zuniga..................Norman Cordon
Moralès.................Wilfred Engelman

Act IV Ballet - Arranged by George Balanchine
1. Gitane: Rosita Ortega [Debut]
2. Farucca: César Tapià [Debut], American Ballet Ensemble
3. Farandole: Rosita Ortega, César Tapià, American Ballet Ensemble

Conductor...............Gennaro Papi

Director................Désiré Defrère
Designer................Joseph Urban
Costume designer........Gretel Urban [ballet only]
Choreographer...........George Balanchine


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