LoginBizet: Carmen
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This is a super performance, slightly outside the common mold. In 1977, when this was recorded, Claudio Abbado was a great opera conductor, filled with sharp insights and a nice sense of the architecture of whole operas. He always seemed to know where he was going, and his ability to build to climaxes was second to none. Abbado has a rather elegant Carmen here in the smallish-voiced, introspective Teresa Berganza, a gorgeous singer who patently refuses to force her voice or her character into vulgarity. It's a fine reading. Placido Domingo is at his best in both intimate and maniacal moments, and Ileana Cotrubas's Micaela almost
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Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
Release date: 8 March 2005
EAN: 0028947753421 UPC: 028947753421
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Release date: 8 March 2005
EAN: 0028947753421 UPC: 028947753421
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