Bizet: Carmen - Abbado, Domingo, Berganza [2CD & Blu-ray Audio]

Claudio Abbado's dramatic and vividly colored `Carmen' with the London Symphony Orchestra, Teresa Berganza, Pl cido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, and Sherrill Milnes has been newly remastered at Emil Berliner Studios in 24 bit/192kHz, and is presented in this capbox on Blu-ray Audio in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, 5.1 Surround Sound plus 2 CDs produced from the new mastering. 2CDS/1BR

FEATURES:
Newly remastered at Emil Berliner Studios in 24 bit/192kHz
Blu-ray Audio in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 5.1 Surround Sound 24 bit / 192 kHz and Dolby Atmos 24 bit/ 48kHz
128-page booklet with liner notes (English/German)
Abbado’s years with the London Symphony Orchestra resulted in three celebrated sets with the Spanish mezzo Teresa Berganza in central roles – and few could be more “central” than Bizet’s Carmen. Made in 1977, the recording followed staged performances directed by Piero Fagioni at the Edinburgh Festival. Berganza had studied the Carmen story, immersed herself in the opera’s background and delivered a characterization that emphasized the gipsy’s nobility, while Abbado’s conducting was both dramatic and vividly colored.

ARTISTS:
Stuart Harling (baritone), Robert Lloyd (bass), Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), John McCarthy (chorus master), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Patrick Criswell (chorus master), Richard Amner (baritone)

Watson's George College Boys' Chorus, Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra

Claudio Abbado

Recorded: 1977-09-15

Recording Venue: St. John's, London