--- product_id: 115910454 title: "Bizet: Carmen" brand: "sony music classical" price: "€ 2.25" currency: EUR in_stock: false reviews_count: 9 category: "Music" url: https://www.desertcart.de/products/115910454-bizet-carmen store_origin: DE region: Germany --- # Bizet: Carmen **Brand:** sony music classical **Price:** € 2.25 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Bizet: Carmen by sony music classical - **How much does it cost?** € 2.25 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.de](https://www.desertcart.de/products/115910454-bizet-carmen) ## Best For - sony music classical enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted sony music classical brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Drawn from the worldwide catalog holdings of Sony Classical, which includes both the Columbia/CBS and RCA Victor label imprints, the SONY Classical Originals, SONY Classical Masters Singles and Box Sets, and SONY Opera House series offer an extensive selection of highly desirable and collectible EU (Germany) pressed import editions, smartly-designed and graphically-pleasing, featuring the most sought-after recordings by the worlds preeminent, legendary artists both past and present, with many titles newly re-mastered in 24bit High Resolution Audio. ## Images ![Bizet: Carmen - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61UyyECqFHL.jpg) ![Bizet: Carmen - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51EngE5EhEL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Corelli is fantastic! *by P***L on Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2018* This Carmen has Corelli and that is borough. Moffo sounds very good, Helen Donath sounds just like Snow White! The conducting is forceful and gives amplitude to Corelli's ringing tenor voice.The ending is insane and there are better recordings of course, but this CD set must not be overlooked. It was sort of inevitable that Moffo and Corelli (his second Carmen!)would sing this in he studio. They are dynamite. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great singing, mediocre orchestra. *by M***Y on Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2017* I have always been curious about this recording of Carmen but avoided it for a long time because as much as I love Anna Moffo, I had a hard time swallowing the idea of her light, milky, lyric-coloratura voice in a mezzo role. Also the scathing albeit well written review from the great music critic Ralph Moore didn't help matters either. However, I recently conducted a mini-survey of her 1970's repertiore (Thais, Debussy and the French Heroines recordings) and was pleasantly suprised at how she could still do wonderful things with her voice even when it began to acquire some rough edges, so in the end I decided to bite the bullet.All I can say is WOW! What a revelation! Moffo IS Carmen!!! She makes the drama real and compelling and gets into the nuts and bolts of the character! Her performance is a lot like Maria Callas in that she uses a wide variety of tonal shadings like a painter mixing colors. Her use of dynamics and portamento fits the music perfectly and her coloratura runs in "Pres dem remparts des Seville" and "Les Triangles des sistres tintaient" are crisp and nimble. Her singing of "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" is one of the finest highlights of the album. She starts out with thin, light, raspy tones and gradually gets louder and more robust then ends the verses in a flourish of chest voice. But she really pulls out the stops in the final scene when she ditches Jose for good--her delivery of the lines "Laisse-moi, Don José, je ne te suivrai pas!" and "Non ! non ! jamais!" will make the hair stand up on the back of your neck! She may not have been the ideal voice for the role, but everything else is so right and spot-on that you don't even care--it is a lesson in musical expression, compelling characterization and Romantic French opera.Franco Corelli is in glorious voice and those of you who say he was just a bellower who couldn't sing below mezzo-forte--listen to the diminuendo on his last phrase and the way he lightens up his spinto voice in the duet with Helen Donath to accomodate her light lyric soprano. Yes, he had a huge, bright, ringing sound but he was also a master musician and knew how to work with co-stars whose voices weren't as robust as his.Helen Donath is the perfect Miceala--a light, sweet voice with a delicate girlish ring at the top. Micaela is the moral compass of the opera so she should sound clear and pure--a foil for the sultry, self-conscious, calculating Carmen--and Donath nails this. In the ending scene where Carmen throws the ring at Jose and says she will live and die a free spirit, I found myself nodding and saying "See Jose? Micaela would never have pulled this kind of crap."So why four stars? Despite the flawless casting, this recording cannot be considered an ideal Carmen due to the bland generic sound of the Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra. It sounds too perfect and squeaky clean like a synthesizer, especially the flutes and strings. Lorin Mazel has to shoulder on some of the blame because frankly he conducts like a robot. He just spits out the music--here's the loud parts, here's the soft parts, here's the dynamics, here's the stringendo and ritardando--without any feeling. Everything is so clear-cut and calculated it never feels natural. However, once you start focusing on the singing, he slowly wears off and becomes tolerable.Even though this recording would have been better if it had been Julius Rudel or Georges Pretre at the baton and a more professional orchesta like the New Philharmonic, London Symphony or London Philharmonic, there is still plenty to admire about it due to the splendid characterizations of Moffo, Corelli and Donath.So while I respectfully beg to disagree with Ralph Moore's guilty verdict, I would still defend his right to express his view as it prompts intelligent debate and thoughtful discussion.Four Stars. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Attachant *by T***. on Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2016* J'aime beaucoup cette version, très vivante. Elle est, à mon sens, trop souvent décriée.La prise de son, déjà, est très belle. Chaque chanteur cherche à créer un personnage, avec plus ou moins de réussite. Moffo n'était plus dans ses meilleurs années mais le charme opère encore (comme pour sa Thaïs enregistrée quelques années plus tard. Son accent est très correct. Corelli a gardé son timbre exceptionnel mais aussi une maîtrise du français pour le moins approximative et son style dans l'opéra français sujet à caution (comme son Faust ou son Roméo). Donath est une source. Cappuccilli est plus banal, un peu égaré sans doute.Et Maazel, dans cet ensemble hétéroclite ? Il fait avancer le drame, de façon bien décousue, mais avec enthousiasme (plus que dans sa seconde version). Au total, un enregistrement plein de défauts, mais diablement attachant. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.de/products/115910454-bizet-carmen](https://www.desertcart.de/products/115910454-bizet-carmen) --- *Product available on Desertcart Germany* *Store origin: DE* *Last updated: 2026-04-22*