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Carmen Jones is lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II's restyling of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen. Where Bizet and his lyric collaborators Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy took novelist Prosper Mérimée's setting among Spanish gypsies working at a cigarette factory in Seville for their 1875 French opera, Hammerstein put it in a parachute factory in South Carolina in the present day and wrote it for an all-black cast. But the story of love, betrayal, and death remained the same, as did the music, minus a couple of arias and in slightly re-orchestrated form, courtesy of Robert Russell Bennett. Casting was a challenge for two reasons: first, the vocal demands of the score meant that, as with the opera, two casts had to be employed to alternate performances for the eight-times-a-week schedule, and second, in the still racially restricted time, it was hard to find African-Americans with enough voice training. Luther Saxon, who played one of the Joes (aka Don José) and does so on this recording, was working in a naval yard when he was cast; Glenn Bryant, who became Husky Miller (Escamillo), was a New York police officer on leave. But when they all turned up on Broadway on December 2, 1943, the result was a triumph. Carmen was given a new lease on life in a version in which the "Habanera" became "Dat's Love," the "Toreador Song" was "Stan' up and Fight," and the "Chanson Bohémienne" was now "Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum." The show ran 502 performances. It is unfortunate that Decca Records was able to record only one of the two casts, so that, while Muriel Smith's Carmen is impressive, succeeding generations will not be able to compare it with Muriel Rahn's. But this was in the early days of recording Broadway shows, and we can be thankful there is any record of this masterpiece. (The 2003 reissue contains a sticker proclaiming, "First Time on CD," which is not quite true. There was a Japanese CD on MCA, and, in Europe, where the album is out of copyright, Pearl Records released an unauthorized version in 2001. The American reissue contains a performance of "Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum" by Kitty Carlisle with Russ Morgan and His Orchestra as a bonus track.)
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Georges Bizet, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Robert Shaw, Conductor, Artist, Chorus Conductor - Doug Pomeroy, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carmen Jones Orchestra, MainArtist - Carmen Jones Chorus, MainArtist - Joseph Littau, Conductor, Artist - Brian Drutman, Producer - Chris Violette, Producer
℗ 2002 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Georges Bizet, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Robert Shaw, Conductor, Artist, Chorus Conductor - Doug Pomeroy, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carmen Jones Orchestra, MainArtist - Carmen Jones Chorus, MainArtist - Joseph Littau, Conductor, Artist - Brian Drutman, Producer - Chris Violette, Producer
℗ 2002 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Georges Bizet, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Muriel Smith, MainArtist - Brian Drutman, Producer
℗ 2002 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Georges Bizet, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luther Saxon, MainArtist - Carlotta Franzell, MainArtist - Brian Drutman, Producer - Chris Violette, Producer
℗ 2002 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Georges Bizet, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Muriel Smith, MainArtist - Luther Saxon, MainArtist - Brian Drutman, Producer - Chris Violette, Producer
℗ 2002 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Georges Bizet, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Cozy Cole, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Pomeroy, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - June Hawkins, MainArtist - Brian Drutman, Producer
℗ 2002 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Georges Bizet, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Glenn Bryant, MainArtist - Brian Drutman, Producer - Chris Violette, Producer
℗ 2002 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Georges Bizet, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Muriel Smith, MainArtist - Randall Steplight, MainArtist - June Hawkins, MainArtist - Jessica Russell, MainArtist - Dick Montgomery, MainArtist - Brian Drutman, Producer - Chris Violette, Producer
℗ 2002 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Georges Bizet, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luther Saxon, MainArtist - Brian Drutman, Producer - Chris Violette, Producer
℗ 2002 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Georges Bizet, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Muriel Smith, MainArtist - June Hawkins, MainArtist - Jessica Russell, MainArtist - Urylee Leonardos, MainArtist - Ethel White, MainArtist - Sibol Cain, MainArtist - Brian Drutman, Producer - Chris Violette, Producer
℗ 2002 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Georges Bizet, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carlotta Franzell, MainArtist - Brian Drutman, Producer - Chris Violette, Producer
℗ 2002 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Georges Bizet, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carmen Jones Orchestra, MainArtist - Joseph Littau, Conductor, Artist - Brian Drutman, Producer - Chris Violette, Producer
℗ 2002 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Georges Bizet, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luther Saxon, MainArtist - Brian Drutman, Producer - Chris Violette, Producer
℗ 2002 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Georges Bizet, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - RUSS MORGAN, Conductor, Artist - Doug Pomeroy, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Carlisle, MainArtist - The Russ Morgan Orchestra, MainArtist - Brian Drutman, Producer
℗ 2002 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Chronique
Carmen Jones is lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II's restyling of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen. Where Bizet and his lyric collaborators Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy took novelist Prosper Mérimée's setting among Spanish gypsies working at a cigarette factory in Seville for their 1875 French opera, Hammerstein put it in a parachute factory in South Carolina in the present day and wrote it for an all-black cast. But the story of love, betrayal, and death remained the same, as did the music, minus a couple of arias and in slightly re-orchestrated form, courtesy of Robert Russell Bennett. Casting was a challenge for two reasons: first, the vocal demands of the score meant that, as with the opera, two casts had to be employed to alternate performances for the eight-times-a-week schedule, and second, in the still racially restricted time, it was hard to find African-Americans with enough voice training. Luther Saxon, who played one of the Joes (aka Don José) and does so on this recording, was working in a naval yard when he was cast; Glenn Bryant, who became Husky Miller (Escamillo), was a New York police officer on leave. But when they all turned up on Broadway on December 2, 1943, the result was a triumph. Carmen was given a new lease on life in a version in which the "Habanera" became "Dat's Love," the "Toreador Song" was "Stan' up and Fight," and the "Chanson Bohémienne" was now "Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum." The show ran 502 performances. It is unfortunate that Decca Records was able to record only one of the two casts, so that, while Muriel Smith's Carmen is impressive, succeeding generations will not be able to compare it with Muriel Rahn's. But this was in the early days of recording Broadway shows, and we can be thankful there is any record of this masterpiece. (The 2003 reissue contains a sticker proclaiming, "First Time on CD," which is not quite true. There was a Japanese CD on MCA, and, in Europe, where the album is out of copyright, Pearl Records released an unauthorized version in 2001. The American reissue contains a performance of "Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum" by Kitty Carlisle with Russ Morgan and His Orchestra as a bonus track.)
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
À propos
- 1 disque(s) - 14 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 00:53:04
- Artiste principal : Various Artists
- Compositeur : Various Composers
- Label : Verve (Adult Contemporary) MC
- Genre : Classique
© 2002 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc. ℗ 2002 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
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