CARMEN:Bizet
Original Air Date: 12/13/1975
Lewis; Crespin, Lewis, Ricciarelli, Van Dam
MOD Audio SID.19090746
No, William Lewis did not conduct and sing Jose simultaneously. Conductor is Henry Lewis, and W. Lewis is deputizing for Domingo. I like Crespin even better on her 1978 broadcast which was on Sirius a few weeks ago. This 1975 performance is on MOoD, but I like the 1978 cast with Chauvet, Mitchell, a good deal more. Van Dam is the best Escamillo around, but Devlin (STILL at the Met in small, mostly single line roles) in the 1978 is very capable. A Crespin Carmen is almost always a listen for me, no matter the performance.
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