Bizet/Hammerstein - Carmen Jones
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Label: Naxos - Nostalgia
Cat No: 8120875
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 2nd February 2009
Contents
Artists
Muriel SmithLuther Saxon
Carlotta Franzell
Glenn Bryant
June Hawkins
Cozy Cole
Jessica Russell
Pearl Bailey
Levern Hutcherson
Marilyn Horne
Conductors
Joseph LittauHerschel Burke Gilbert
Works
Carmen JonesArtists
Muriel SmithLuther Saxon
Carlotta Franzell
Glenn Bryant
June Hawkins
Cozy Cole
Jessica Russell
Pearl Bailey
Levern Hutcherson
Marilyn Horne
Conductors
Joseph LittauHerschel Burke Gilbert
About
It is an updating of the Georges Bizet opera Carmen in an African-American setting. The Broadway musical was produced by Billy Rose, using an all-black cast. Oscar Hammerstein II wrote the dialogue and lyrics, but stuck rather closely to Bizet's original music, which was re-orchestrated for a Broadway orchestra by Robert Russell Bennett.
The original Broadway cast members were nearly all new to the stage; Kennedy and Muir write that on the first day of rehearsal only one member had ever been on a stage before.
The 1954 film was adapted by Hammerstein and Harry Kleiner. It was directed by Otto Preminger and starred Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte.
Contents:
Original Broadway Cast Recording 1943:
- Muriel Smith (Carmen)
- Luther Saxon (Joe)
- Carlotta Franzell (Cindy Lou)
- Glenn Bryant (Husky Miller)
- June Hawkins (Myrt)
- Cozy Cole (Drummer)
- Jessica Russell (Frankie)
with Joseph Littau (Conductor)
Film Soundtrack 1954 (Excerpts):
- Dat’s Love: Marilyn Horne & Chorus
- Dere’s A Cafe On De Corner: Marilyn Horne
- Beat Out Dat Rhythm On A Drum: Pearl Bailey
- Card Song: Marilyn Horne, Pearl Bailey & Chorus
- Duet And Finale: LeVern Hutcherson and Marilyn Horne (Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte speaking)
with Herschel Burke Gilbert (conductor)
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