Carmen discography

This is a discography of audio and video recordings of Carmen, a French-language opera by Georges Bizet. The opera premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875. Carmen is one of the most frequently recorded operas, dating back to a near-complete German acoustical recording in 1908.

Audio recordings

Year	Cast	Conductor, Opera house and orchestra	Label/Notes
1908	Emmy Destinn Carl Jörn Minnie Nast Hermann Bachmann	Bruno Seidler-Winkler Grammophone Orchestra Berlin Berlin State Opera chorus	CD: Aura Music Cat: LRC 1900 CD: Marston Records Cat: 52022-2
1911	Marguerite Mérentié Agustarello Affré Aline Vallandri Henri Albers	François Ruhlmann l'Orchestre Symphonique Chœur de l'Opéra-Comique	CD: Malibran Cat: MR 560 CD: Marston Records Cat: 52019-2
1920	Fanny Anitùa Luigi Bolis Ines Maria Ferraris Cesare Formichi	Unknown Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	LP: Columbia Cat: D 5582-97
1927	Lucy Perelli José de Trévi Yvonne Brothier Louis Musy	Piero Coppola Chœur et Orchestre de l'Opéra-Comique	LP: Victor Cat:
1928	Raymonde Visconti Georges Thill Marthe Nespoulous Louis Guénot	Élie Cohen l'Orchestre Symphonique de Paris Chœur de l'Opéra-Comique	LP: Columbia Recording Cat: 27809
1931	Gabriella Besanzoni Piero Pauli Maria Carbone Ernesto Besanzoni	Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	CD: Myto Records Cat:
1932	Aurora Buades Aureliano Pertile	Lorenzo Molajoli Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	CD: Phonographe Records Cat:
1937	Rosa Ponselle René Maison Hilda Burke Julius Huehn	Gennaro Papi Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	CD: Walhall Cat: WHL 15
1942	Germaine Cernay Raymond Berthaud Ginette Guillamat Lucien Lovano	Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht Orchestre National de France	CD: Malibran-Music Cat: CDRG172
	Elisabeth Höngen Torsten Ralf Elfriede Weidlich Josef Herrmann	Karl Böhm Staatsoper Dresden orchestra and chorus	CD: Preiser Cat: PR90152
1943	Lily Djanel Raoul Jobin Licia Albanese Leonard Warren	Thomas Beecham Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD0006
1950	Solange Michel Raoul Jobin Martha Angelici Michel Dens	André Cluytens Chœur et Orchestre de l'Opéra-Comique	CD: EMI mono Cat: CMS5 65318-2 LP: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.110238-39
1951	Risë Stevens Jan Peerce Licia Albanese Robert Merrill	Fritz Reiner RCA Victor orchestra	LP: RCA Victrola Cat: AVM3-0670 CD: RCA Red Seal Cat: 88843041212
1951	Suzanne Juyol Libera de Luca Janine Micheau Julien Giovannetti	Albert Wolff Opéra-Comique orchestra and chorus	CD: Preiser Cat: LP: Decca Cat: LXT2615-17
1952	Risë Stevens Richard Tucker Nadine Conner Paolo Silveri	Fritz Reiner Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	CD: Sony Classical Cat: 88697 96189 2
1952	Vera Borisenko Georgii Nelepp Elizaveta Shumskaya Alexei Ivanov	Vassili Nebolsin Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus	LP: MK Cat: DO1508-15
1954	Kerstin Meyer Arne Hendriksen Elisabeth Söderström Sigurd Björling	Sixten Ehrling Royal Swedish Opera orchestra and chorus	CD: Bluebell Cat: ABCD109
	Giulietta Simionato Nicolai Gedda Hilde Gueden Michel Roux	Herbert von Karajan Wiener Symphoniker Singerverein	CD: Andante Cat: AN3100
	Risë Stevens Richard Tucker Victoria de los Ángeles Frank Guarrera	Tibor Kozma Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	CD: Gala Cat: GL10063
1955	Giulietta Simionato Giuseppe Di Stefano Rosanna Carteri Michel Roux	Herbert von Karajan Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD0156
1956	Risë Stevens Giuseppe Di Stefano Lucine Amara Robert Merrill	Max Rudolf Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	CD: Golden Melodram Cat: 50070
1957	Risë Stevens Mario Del Monaco Lucine Amara Frank Guarrera	Dimitri Mitropoulos Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	CD: Living Stage Cat: LS1093
1959	Victoria de los Ángeles Nicolai Gedda Janine Micheau Ernest Blanc	Sir Thomas Beecham Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France	CD: EMI Classics Cat: CMS567357 2
	Irina Arkhipova Mario Del Monaco Irina Maslennikova Pavel Lisitsian	Alexander Melik-Pashayev Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus	CD: Myto Cat: MCD053311
	Consuelo Rubio Léopold Simoneau Pierrette Alarie Heinz Rehfuss	Pierre-Michel Le Conte Concerts de Paris orchestra and Paris Conservatoire chorus	LP: Concert Hall Cat:
1960	Sonia Cervená Rolf Apreck Maria Croonen Robert Lauhöfer	Herbert Kegel Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester	CD: Classics Cat: 0300119BC
	Irina Arkhipova Mario Del Monaco Marcella Pobbé Ernest Blanc	Peter Maag Teatro di San Carlo orchestra and chorus	CD: Gala Cat: GL100676
1961	Christa Ludwig Rudolf Schock Melitta Muszely Hermann Prey	Horst Stein Berliner Symphoniker, chorus of Deutsche Oper Berlin	CD: EMI Electrola Cat: 653 252 903-2
1962	Oralia Dominguez Maria Stader Josef Metternich Josef Simandi	Ferenc Fricsay Bavarian State Opera orchestra and chorus	LP: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 136032
1963	Regina Resnik Mario Del Monaco Joan Sutherland Tom Krause	Thomas Schippers Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Grand Théâtre de Genève chorus	LP: Decca Cat: /London
1964	Leontyne Price Franco Corelli Mirella Freni Robert Merrill	Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus	LP: RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-6199 CD: RCA Victor Red Seal Cat: 7432139495 2 1965 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording
1964	Maria Callas Nicolai Gedda Andréa Guiot Robert Massard	Georges Prêtre Paris Opera orchestra and chorus	CD: EMI Classics Cat:
1970	Grace Bumbry Jon Vickers Mirella Freni Kostas Paskalis	Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Théâtre National de l'Opéra orchestra and chorus	CD: EMI Classics Cat: 724358550528
1970	Anna Moffo Franco Corelli Helen Donath Piero Cappuccilli	Lorin Maazel Deutsche Oper Berlin orchestra and chorus	CD: Sony Cat: 88697446202
1973	Marilyn Horne James McCracken Adriana Maliponte Tom Krause	Leonard Bernstein Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 0 28942 74402 8 SACD: PENTATONE Cat: PTC 5186216
1974	Régine Crespin Gilbert Py Jeannette Pilou José van Dam	Alain Lombard Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra Rhine Opera Chorus	LP: RCA-Erato Cat:
1975	Tatiana Troyanos Plácido Domingo Kiri Te Kanawa José van Dam	Sir Georg Solti London Philharmonic Orchestra John Alldis choir Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School choir	CD: Decca Cat: 414 489-2
1977	Teresa Berganza Plácido Domingo Ileana Cotrubaş Sherrill Milnes	Claudio Abbado London Symphony Orchestra Ambrosian Singers	CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat:
1983	Agnes Baltsa José Carreras Katia Ricciarelli José van Dam	Herbert von Karajan Berliner Philharmoniker	CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat:
1984	Julia Migenes-Johnson Plácido Domingo Faith Esham Ruggero Raimondi	Lorin Maazel Orchestre National de France Radio France chorus	CD: ERATO Cat: ECD 880373
1988	Jessye Norman Neil Shicoff Mirella Freni Simon Estes	Seiji Ozawa Orchestre National de France French National Radio Chorus	CD: Decca Cat: 478 2488
1989	Elena Obraztsova Vladimir Atlantov Margarita Miglau Yuri Mazurok	Yuri Simonov Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus	CD: Melodiya Cat: MELCD1001516
1990	Graciela Alperyn Giorgio Lamberti Doina Palade Alan Titus	Alexander Rahbari Czechoslovak Radio Symphony orchestra Slovak Philharmonic chorus	CD: Naxos Opera Classics Cat: 8660005-07
1994	Béatrice Uria-Monzon Christian Papis Leontina Vaduva Vincent Le Texier	Alain Lombard Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine	CD: Auvidis Valois Cat: V 4734
1995	Jennifer Larmore Thomas Moser Angela Gheorghiu Samuel Ramey	Giuseppe Sinopoli Bayerische Staatsoper orchestra and chorus	CD: Teldec Cat: 0630126722
2002	Angela Gheorghiu Roberto Alagna Inva Mula Thomas Hampson	Michel Plasson Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse	CD: EMI Classics Cat: 07243 557434 2 8
2002	Patricia Bardon Julian Gavin Mary Plazas Gary Magee	David Parry Philharmonia Orchestra Geoffrey Mitchell Choir New London Children's Choir	CD: Chandos Cat: CHAN3091
2010	Marina Domashenko Andrea Bocelli Eva Mei Bryn Terfel	Myung-whun Chung Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France	CD: Decca Cat:4757646
2012	Magdalena Kožená Jonas Kaufmann Genia Kühmeier Kostas Smoriginas	Simon Rattle Berlin Philharmonic Deutsche Oper Berlin Chorus Deutsche Staatsoper Children's Chorus	CD: EMI Classics Cat: 50999 4 40285 2 7

Video recordings

Year	Cast	Conductor, Opera house and orchestra	Label
1956	Belén Amparan Franco Corelli Elda Ribetti Anselmo Colzani	Nino Sanzogno Italian Television orchestra and chorus	DVD: Hardy Cat: HCD4013
1967	Grace Bumbry Jon Vickers Mirella Freni Justino Díaz	Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus	DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 4032
1978	Elena Obraztsova Plácido Domingo Isobel Buchanan Yuri Mazurok	Carlos Kleiber Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus	DVD: TDK Cat: 8 24121 00097 4
1984	Julia Migenes-Johnson Plácido Domingo Faith Esham Ruggero Raimondi	Lorin Maazel Orchestre National de France and chorus Children's Chorus of Radio France	DVD: Columbia TriStar Cat: CDR 10530 Blu-ray: Gaumont Cat: 750530
1985	Maria Ewing Barry McCauley Marie McLaughlin David Holloway	Bernard Haitink London Philharmonic Orchestra	DVD: Warner/NVC Arts Cat: 4509-99494-2
1987	Agnes Baltsa José Carreras Leona Mitchell Samuel Ramey	James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 0009
2002	Anne Sofie von Otter Marcus Haddock Lisa Milne Laurent Naouri	Philippe Jordan London Philharmonic Orchestra	DVD: Opus Arte Cat: OA 0867 D
2006	Jonas Kaufmann Norah Amsellem Ildebrando D'Arcangelo	Antonio Pappano Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus	DVD: Decca Cat: 074 3312 Blu-ray: Decca Cat: 3313
2009	Anna Caterina Antonacci Andrew Richards Anne-Catherine Gillet Nicolas Cavallier	John Eliot Gardiner Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Monteverdi Choir, Maitrise des Hauts-de-Seine	DVD: Fra Musica Cat: FRA004
2010	Elīna Garanča Roberto Alagna Barbara Frittoli Teddy Tahu Rhodes	Yannick Nézet-Séguin Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 0044 073 4581 8
2010	Stéphanie d'Oustrac Gordon Gietz Olga Pasichnyk Jean-Luc Ballestra	Jean-Claude Casadesus Opéra de Lille orchestra and chorus	DVD: France Inter Cat: 597 501-9
2011	Christine Rice Bryan Hymel Maija Kovaleska Aris Argiris	Constantinos Carydis Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House	3D BlueRay: Opus Arte Cat: OA3D7096D
2017	Elīna Garanča Roberto Alagna Maria Agresta Ildar Abdrazakov	Mark Elder Opéra national de Paris orchestra and chorus	HD video: medici.tv
2018	Anna Goryachova Francesco Meli Kristina Mkhitaryan Kostas Smoriginas	Jakub Hrůša The Royal Opera orchestra and chorus	HD video: Royal Opera Stream
2022	Elīna Garanča Brian Jagde Maria Teresa Leva Claudio Sgura	Marco Armiliato Arena di Verona Orchestra & Chorus	HD video: Unitel
2024	Aigul Akhmetshina Piotr Beczała Angel Blue Kyle Ketelsen	Daniele Rustioni Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	HD video: Met Opera on Demand