[Met Performance] CID:330000
Carmen {863} Metropolitan Opera House: 09/22/1997.
(Opening Night {113}
Joseph Volpe, General Manager
Debuts: Kamel Boutros, Maria Benitez (Dancer))
Metropolitan Opera House
September 22, 1997
Opening Night {113}
Joseph Volpe, General Manager
CARMEN {863}
Bizet-Meilhac/Halévy
Carmen..................Denyce Graves
Don José................Plácido Domingo
Micaela.................Norah Amsellem
Escamillo...............Gino Quilico
Frasquita...............Emily Pulley
Mercédès................Kristine Jepson
Remendado...............Tony Stevenson
Dancaïre................Kim Josephson
Zuniga..................James Courtney
Moralès.................Kamel Boutros [Debut]
Dance...................Maria Benitez [Debut]
Conductor...............James Levine
Production..............Franco Zeffirelli
Set designer............Franco Zeffirelli
Costume designer........Anna Anni
Lighting designer.......Duane Schuler
Choreographer...........Maria Benitez
Stage Director..........David Kneuss
Carmen received ten performances this season.
[President and Mrs. Bill Clinton and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani in attendance. Center box decorated with Presidential Seal.
After the performance in an offstage ceremony, Risë Stevens was given a Proclamation by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, proclaiming September 23rd Risë Stevens day.]