[Met Performance] CID:283670
New Production
Carmen {785} Metropolitan Opera House: 03/10/1986.

(Debuts: Charles Duval, Elizabeth Keen)


Metropolitan Opera House
March 10, 1986
Benefit sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera Guild
New Production


CARMEN {785}
Bizet-Meilhac/L. Halévy

Carmen..................Maria Ewing
Don José................Luis Lima
Micaela.................Catherine Malfitano
Escamillo...............Michael Devlin
Frasquita...............Myra Merritt
Mercédès................Gail Dubinbaum
Remendado...............Anthony Laciura
Dancaïre................Bruce Hubbard
Zuniga..................Spiro Malas
Moralès.................Vernon Hartman
Lillas Pastia...........Nico Castel
Guide...................Charles Duval [Debut]

Conductor...............James Levine

Production..............Peter Hall
Designer................John Bury
Lighting designer.......Gil Wechsler
Choreographer...........Elizabeth Keen [Debut]

Carmen received twenty performances this season.

Production gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Burns, the Annie Laurie Aitken Charitable Trust,
Mr. and Mrs. John Pomerantz, and the Edith C. Blum Foundation


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1985-86
• Carmen: Conductor [Levine, James]
• Carmen: Carmen [Ewing, Maria]
• Carmen: Don José [Lima, Luis]
• Carmen: Micaela [Malfitano, Catherine]
• Carmen: Escamillo [Devlin, Michael]
• Carmen: Frasquita [Merritt, Myra]
• Carmen: Mercédès [Dubinbaum, Gail]
• Carmen: Remendado [Laciura, Anthony]
• Carmen: Dancaïre [Hubbard, Bruce]
• Carmen: Zuniga [Malas, Spiro]
• Carmen: Moralès [Hartman, Vernon]
• Carmen: Lillas Pastia [Castel, Nico]
• Carmen: Guide [Duval, Charles]
• Carmen: Production [Hall, Peter]
• Carmen: Designer [Bury, John]
• Carmen: Choreographer [Keen, Elizabeth]
• Carmen: Lighting Designer [Wechsler, Gil]
• Burns, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob: 1985-86: Production gift: Carmen
• 1985-86: Carmen: Production gift: Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Burns
• Aitken Charitable Trust, Annie Laurie: 1985-86: Production gift: Carmen
• 1985-86: Carmen: Production gift: Annie Laurie Aitken Charitable Trust
• Pomerantz, Mr. and Mrs. John: 1985-86: Production gift: Carmen
• 1985-86: Carmen: Production gift: Mr. and Mrs. John Pomerantz
• Blum Foundation, Edith C.: 1985-86: Production gift: Carmen
• 1985-86: Carmen: Production gift: Edith C. Blum Foundation
• 1985-86: Carmen: 20 performances: New Production: Peter Hall//John Bury: Statistics
Met Careers
• Bury, John [Designer]
• Castel, Nico [Tenor]
• Devlin, Michael [Bass Baritone]
• Dubinbaum, Gail [Mezzo Soprano]
• Duval, Charles [Actor]
• Ewing, Maria [Mezzo Soprano]
• Hall, Peter [Production]
• Hartman, Vernon [Baritone]
• Hubbard, Bruce [Baritone]
• Keen, Elizabeth [Choreographer]
• Laciura, Anthony [Tenor]
• Levine, James [Conductor]
• Lima, Luis [Tenor]
• Malas, Spiro [Bass]
• Malfitano, Catherine [Soprano]
• Merritt, Myra [Soprano]
• Wechsler, Gil [Lighting Designer]