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1 videodisc (163 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert.
"Maria Ewing is the fiery, seductive gypsy who dares to love as she chooses, regardless of the cost. Luis Lima is the tragic Don José, whose obsessive desire for Carmen destroys them both"--Container.
by Georges Bizet ; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy after Prosper Merimée ; general director, Jeremy Isaacs ; directed for the stage by Nuria Espert ; directed for television by Barrie Gavin ; a BBC TV/RM Arts/RTVE co-production.
Based on the novella by Prosper Mérimée.
Maria Ewing, Luis Lima, Leontina Vaduva, Gino Quilico, Judith Howarth, Claire Powell, Roderick Earle, Christopher Booth-Jones, Bruno Caproni, Francis Egerton ; Royal Opera Chorus ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; Zubin Mehta, conductor.
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
DVD 9; all regions; Dolby digital stereo. and 5.1 surround.
Camera supervisor, John Hawes ; video tape editors, Dennis Collett, John Makin.