This is a very strange Carmen! It features two of the most important greek artists of the 20th Century in the roles of Micaela and Escamillo: Jeanette Pilou and Kostas Paskalis singing next to Christa Ludwig's Carmen and James King's Don Jose!
Among all greek opera singers, there is a very special one that we usually forget to mention: the Great Jeannette Pilou! Mrs Pilou had a great career all over the world and has sung with nearly all the legendary tenors of the era (Corelli, Bonisolli etc). Well, as we usually do in Greece, nobody has honoured her the way she deserves to be honoured. And the fact is that Pilou is one of the 4-5 great singers (really great ones) that Greece has given to the World...
My adoration to the late Kostas Paskalis is stated below...i collect everything he has ever sung and i wish i could find more (anybody having an Eugene Onegin?)
Carmen
Vienna State Opera
15 May 1976
Carmen Christa Ludwig
Don Jose James King
Escamillo Kastas Paskalis
Micaela Jeanette Pilou
Frasquita Sona Ghazarian
Mercedes Gertrude Jahn
Conductor Ernst Marzendorfer
part1
part2
ps. DONT UNZIP BEFORE JOINING THE TWO FILES WITH HJSPLIT.
ps2. The second cd is damaged towards the end and its a bit annoying...
The sound is ok but dont expect DDD.
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