[Met Performance] CID:330000

Opening Night {113}, General Manager: Joseph Volpe

Carmen
Metropolitan Opera House, Mon, September 22, 1997

Debut : Kamel Boutros, Maria Benitez




Carmen (863)
Georges Bizet | Henri Meilhac/Ludovic 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

Director
David Kneuss

Costume Designer
Anna Anni

Lighting Designer
Duane Schuler

Choreographer
Maria Benitez





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.

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