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Prom 52: Bizet’s Carmen from Glyndebourne

Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Proms 2024

Live at the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Proms: Anja Bihlmaier conducts the LPO, mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb takes the title role and tenor Evan LeRoy Johnson plays her hot-blooded toreador lover Don José.

Live at the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Proms: Anja Bihlmaier conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra, mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb takes the title role and tenor Evan LeRoy Johnson plays her hot-blooded toreador lover Don José.

Presented by Martin Handley, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Georges Bizet: Carmen
(semi-staged; sung in French with English surtitles)

During the interval Sarah Lenton talks to Martin Handley about Bizet's Carmen - its background and its influence.

Rihab Chaieb (Carmen)
Evan LeRoy Johnson (Don José)
Lukasz Goliński (Escamillo)
Janai Brugger (Micaëla)
Dingle Yandell (Zuniga)
Thomas Mole (Moralès)
Elisabeth Boudreault (Frasquita)
Kezia Bienek (Mercédès)
Loïc Félix (Le Dancaïre)
François Piolino (Le Remendado)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Anja Bihlmaier (conductor)

Glyndebourne Festival Opera makes its traditional visit to the Proms with that most red-blooded of red-blooded operas, Carmen. Bizet’s musical tale of a Gypsy factory-worker who seduces a military corporal before discarding him for the more glamorous toreador has all the ingredients of a tightly sprung operatic drama. Anja Bihlmaier conducts Glyndebourne’s fine cast and chorus, along with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

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3 hours, 44 minutes

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Thu 29 Aug 2024 18:30
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Music Played

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen - Acts One and Two

    Performer: Rihab Chaieb. Performer: Evan LeRoy Johnson. Performer: Lukasz Goliński. Performer: Janai Brugger. Performer: Dingle Yandell. Performer: Thomas Mole. Performer: Elisabeth Boudreault. Performer: Kezia Bienek. Performer: Loïc Félix. Performer: François Piolino. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Anja Bihlmaier. Choir: Glyndebourne Chorus.

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen - Acts Three and Four

    Performer: Rihab Chaieb. Performer: Evan LeRoy Johnson. Performer: Lukasz Goliński. Performer: Janai Brugger. Performer: Dingle Yandell. Performer: Thomas Mole. Performer: Elisabeth Boudreault. Performer: Kezia Bienek. Performer: Loïc Félix. Performer: François Piolino. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Anja Bihlmaier. Choir: Glyndebourne Chorus.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Music Arranger: Lionel Tertis. Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Olga Pashchenko. Ensemble: Il Gardellino.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos 20 & 23.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Thu 29 Aug 2024 18:30
    Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 3

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