Georges Bizet: Carmen 3 CD set - Agnes Baltsa/Jose Carreras, Herbert von Karajan (cond)

Sometimes deemed a tacky popular piece in the operatic canon you learn from the booklet that Nietzsche adored it but that many thought he said that to spite Wagner; the kind of information that might warm the cockles of some hearts. It feels indeed tacky at times; but has enormously original segments of very lyrical work studded through this very long opera going over 3 hours in toto. The recording here is very good crystal-clear. The spoken pieces can irritate after a while but 3 hours of opera which no punctuation would be overkill for most listeners; so all in all quite an interesting piece as well as a hugely popular one. - Discogs User Review

3 CD set in cardboard slipcase; Includes 238 page multilingual booklet, numerous photographs and biographies of soloists; Running time: 3 Hours+

EAN: 028941008824

410 088-2

Deutsche Grammophon, 1983

Germany

CDs: Excellent condition/Like new; Slipcase - Good; Slightly shelf-worn

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