Bizet: RARE "CARMEN" (MET, Final Dress 9/14/15, 1972) Horne, McCracken, Maliponte, Krause/ BERNSTEIN

Dress rehearsal (in great sound) for the famous Carmen production that was to be Göran Gentele 's debut production as he took over from Rudolph Bing as General Director of the Metropolitan. It was not to be. A milestone in the history of the Met and of the greatest interest, as there are very few live performances of Leonard Bernstein conducting from the pit. Metropolitan Opera September 14th or 15th, 1972 Final Dress Rehearsal George Bizet CARMEN Carmen: Marilyn Horne Don José: James McCracken Micaela: Adriana Maliponte Escamillo: Tom Krause Frasquita: Colette Boky Mercédès: Marcia Baldwin Remendado: Andrea Velis: Dancaïre: Russell Christopher Zuniga: Donald Gramm Moralès: Raymond Gibbs Lillias Pastia: Paul Franke Conductor: LEONARD BERNSTEIN Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera Prelude: 0:00 Act One: 4:10 Entrac'te: 55:23 Act Two: 57:04 Entrac'te: 1:40:40 Act Three: 1:43:48 Entracte: 2:19:20 Act Four: 2:21:40