Synopses & Reviews
The Black Dog Opera Library is the best, easiest and most informative and budget-friendly way to enjoy four of the greatest operas of all time.
Finally available again, and packaged with gorgeous new covers, each book in the library includes the complete opera on 2 CDs, featuring world-class performances and orchestras; the complete libretto, plus its English translation; an exciting history of the opera; a biography of the composer; a synopsis of the story, broken down by act and scene; and dozens of photographs and drawings depicting performances, singers, sets, costumes, and more.
Carmen features Grace Bumbry, Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni, and Kostas Paskalis, with Rafael Fru¨beck de Burgos conducting the Orchestra of the Théâtre National de l'Opéra.
Synopsis
A marriage of music and the written word in the popularly priced package yet produced, each of these sets includes a complete opera on two Angel/EMI or Naxos compact discs, accompanied by the libretto in its original language and an English translation with annotated commentary. Full-color photographs illustrate the history of the operas and the performances.
Synopsis
The Black Dog Music Library presents Georges Bizet's Carmen, featuring Grace Bumbry, Mirella Freni, and Jon Vickers and the Orchestre et Choeur du Theatre National de l'Opera, under the direction of Rafael Frubeck de Burgos. An Angel/EMI compact disc set, accompanied by the complete libretto with unabridged English translations and minute-by-minute commentary and information on the composer, the music, and the performance.
About the Author
Georges Bizet was a French composer, mainly of operas. In a career cut short by his early death, he achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertory.