Bizet Carmen
About Bizet Carmen
This spectacular opera film was taped in 1967 and is based on the 1966 Salzburg Festival production directed by Herbert von Karajan himself, who also conducts the fabulous Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The production features the three greatest exponents of their respective roles at the time: Grace Bumbry’s magnificently seductive-toned Carmen, Mirella Freni’s ineffably lovely, touching Micaëla a…
Bizet Carmen is a 1967 music film directed by Herbert von Karajan. It runs 164 minutes and was released in January 1967.
Grace Bumbry stars as Carmen, Jon Vickers as Don José, Mirella Freni as Micaëla, and Justino Díaz as Escamillo. In the United States it streams on Carnegie Hall+ Amazon Channel and Carnegie Hall+ Apple TV channel.