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[Met Performance] CID:122060



Carmen
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, December 4, 1937

Debut : Rosita Ortega, César Tapià




Carmen (352)
Georges Bizet | Henri Meilhac/Ludovic 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

Dance
Rosita Ortega [Debut]

Dance
César Tapià [Debut]


Conductor
Gennaro Papi


Director
Désiré Defrère

Designer
Joseph Urban

Costume Designer
Gretel Urban [ballet only]

Choreographer
George Balanchine







Search by season: 1937-38

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Met careers
  • Gennaro Papi [Conductor]
  • Bruna Castagna [Carmen]
  • René Maison [Don José]
  • Natalie Bodanya [Micaela]
  • Julius Huehn [Escamillo]
  • Thelma Votipka [Frasquita]
  • Helen Olheim [Mercédès]
  • Giordano Paltrinieri [Remendado]
  • George Cehanovsky [Dancaïre]
  • Norman Cordon [Zuniga]
  • Wilfred Engelman [Moralès]
  • Rosita Ortega [Dance]
  • César Tapià [Dance]
  • Désiré Defrère [Director]
  • George Balanchine [Choreographer]
  • Joseph Urban [Designer]
  • Gretel Urban [Costume Designer]

 

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