[Met Performance] CID:158970



Carmen
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, February 16, 1952 Matinee Broadcast
Broadcast Matinee Broadcast





Carmen (468)
Georges Bizet | Henri Meilhac/Ludovic Halévy
Carmen
Risë Stevens

Don José
Richard Tucker

Micaela
Nadine Conner

Escamillo
Paolo Silveri

Frasquita
Lucine Amara

Mercédès
Margaret Roggero

Remendado
Alessio De Paolis

Dancaïre
George Cehanovsky

Zuniga
Osie Hawkins

Moralès
Clifford Harvuot

Dance
Janet Collins

Dance
Loren Hightower


Conductor
Fritz Reiner





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Review 1:

Review of Quaintance Eaton in Musical America
Paolo Silveri sang Escamillo for the first time at the opera in the third performance of the new production of “Carmen.” He sang with a hollow, forced, and wobbly tone, and conveyed little of the character. Because his delivery of the Toreador Song was not very commanding or brilliant, the second act lost what flavor it had possessed. His singing of the fourth act duet with Carmen was better, but this did not seem to be a role for him.

The remainder of the cast was as before – Rise Stevens as Carmen, singing considerably more lightly than at the first performance. Richard Tucker, in splendid voice as Don José; and Nadine Conner, as Micaela, and in lesser roles, Lucina Amara, Margaret Roggero, Osie Hawkins, Clifford Harvout, George Cehanovsky, and Alessio de Paolis. Fritz Reiner conducted superbly. Some thought had evidently been given to the lighting of the work for there was an increase of illumination in both the second and third acts, so that one could really see who was doing what. This made for more clarity, if not necessarily for added enjoyment.


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