1977. Ambrosian singers. The George Watson`s College Boys Choir.
Teresa Berganza (Carmen), Placido Domingo (Jose), Cheryl Milnes (Escamillo), Ilana Kotrubash (Michaela), Yvonne Kenny (Frasquita), Alicia Nathe (Mercedes), Robert Lloyd (Zuniga), Gordon Sandison (Dankair), Joffrey Pogson, Jean Lan (Andres), Shirley Minty (merchant), Lesi Faison (Gypsy), Georges Man (Lilas Pastia).

Carmen - Elena Obraztsova, Don Jos? - Placido Domingo, Escamillo - Yuri Mazurok, Michaela - Isobel Buchanan Vienna Opera, live recording 1978

Carmen ...... Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano) Don Jose ...... Roberto Alagna (tenor) Escamillo ...... Ildebrando D` Arcangelo (bass) Micaela ...... Liping Zhang (soprano) Morales ...... Changhan Lim (baritone) Zuniga ...... Henry Waddington (bass) Frasquita

1963.

Carmen - Maria Callas, Don José - Nicolai Gedda, Micaëla - Andrea Guiot, Escamillo - Robert Massard, Frasquita - Nadine Sautereau, Mercédès - Jane Berbié, Le Dancaïre - Jean-Paul Vauquelin, Le Remendado - Jacques Pruvost, Moralès - Claude Calès, Zuninga - Jacques Mars. Recorded: July 1964.

1949

Victoria de los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda, Janine Micheau, Ernest Blanc, Denise Monteil, Marcelle Croisier , Xavier Depraz, Bernard Plantley, Jean-Christophe Benoit, Michel Hamel. Хор: Petits Chanteurs de Versailles. Choeurs de la Radiodiffusion Français. 1958.

Carmen – Fanny Anitúa, mezzo-soprano, Don José - Luigi Bolis, tenor, Micaëla - Ines Maria Ferraris, soprano, Escamillo - Cesare Formichi, baritone, Mercédès - Lina Garavaglia, soprano, Frasquita - Rosa Garavaglia, soprano, Zuniga - Enrico Spada, bass, Il Dancairo/Moralès - Luigi Baldassare, bass, Il Remendado - Carlo Paltrinieri, tenor. Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala. Conductor NOT KNOWN. 1919

Soloists, choir and orchestra of the Bolshoi Theater of the USSR, Conductor - Yuri Simonov

In Russian. Carmen by Vera Davydova, Jos? by Nikandr Khanaev, Escamillo by Vladimir Politkovsky. Recorded in 1937.

Agnes Baltsa (Carmen), Jose Carreras (Don Jose), Jose van Dam (Escamillio), Katia Ricciarelli (Micaela), Christine Barbaux (Frasquita), Jane Berbie (Mercedes), Alexander Malta (Zuniga). Choeur de l‘Opera de Paris. 1982-83.

Carmen - Vera Borisenko. Micaela - Elizaveta Shumskaya. Jos? - George Nalep. Zuniga - V.Tyutyunnik. Morales - E.Belov. Frasquita - A.Dumanyan. Mercedes - N.Kositsina. Escamillo - Alexei Ivanov. Dancairo - I.Skobtsov. Remendado - A.Hosson. Chorus and orchestra

Carmen - Solange Michel, Don Jose - Raoul Jobin, Escamillo - Michel Dens Micaela..Martha Angelici. Opera-Comique, Paris. 1950.

2002. Carmen - Angela Georghiu, Don Jose - Roberto Alagna, Micaela - Inva Mula, Escamillo - Thomas Hampson, Frasquita - Elizabeth Vidal, Mercedes - Isabelle Cals, Morales - Ludovic Tezier, Zuniga - Nicolas Cavallier, Le Dancaire - Nicolas Rivenq, Le Remendado - Yann Beuron.

Carmen – Fedora Barbieri; Don José – Mario Del Monaco; Micaëla – Hilde Güden (Gueden); Escamillo – Frank Guarrera; Frasquita – Lucine Amara; Mercédès – Margaret Roggero; Le Dancaïre – George Cehanovsky; Le Remendado – Alessio De Paolis; Moralès – Clifford Harvuot; Zuninga – Osie Hawkins. Chorus & Orchestra Metropolitan Opera – Fritz Reiner. Recording of a performance at the MET, 31 January 1953.

Carmen-Jessye Norman , Don Jose-Neil Shicoff , Micaela-Mirella Freni , Escamillo-Simon Estes .

Magdalena Kozena, Jonas Kaufmann, Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, Chor & Kinderchor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, conductor
Sir Simon Rattle. Warner Classics International, rel. 2012. Recorded: 16–21.IV.2012, Philharmonie, Berlin.

Marilyn Horn, James McCracken, Tom Krause, Adriana Maliponte.

Berlin, Chorus of the Court Opera. The orchestra of the company Gramophone. Conductor Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Emmy Destinn (Carmen – except for two small fragments in the middle of the 2nd act, where she is replaced by Ottilie Metzger), Carl Enn (Don Jose), Minnie Nast (Michaela), Hermann Bachmann (Escamillo), Felix Dan (Morales

New York 02.02.2019 Carmen: Clementine Margaine.
Micaela: Aleksandra Kurzak.
Don Jose: Roberto Alagna.
Escamillo: Alexander Vinogradov.
Frasquita: Sydney Mancasola.
Mercedes: Samantha Hankey.
Le Remendado: Eduardo Valdes.
Le Dancaire: Javier Arrey.
Morales: Alexey Lavrov.
Zuniga: Richard Bernstein.

In Italian, yaz. La Scala Choir and Orchestra. Dir. Lorenzo Molaioli. Aurora Buades (Carmen), Aureliano Pertile (Don Jose), Ines Alfani-Tellini (Michaela), Benvenuto Franchi (Escamillo), Irma Mion (Frasquita), Ebe Ticozzi (Mercedes), Giuseppe Nessi (Remendado), Attilio Bordonali (Morales

December 19, 1960. Naples, San Carlo Theater. Choir and orchestra of the San Carlo Theater. Dir. Peter Maag. - In Italian yaz. Irina Arkhipova (Carmen), Mario Del Monaco (Jose), Ernest Blank (Escamillo), Marcella Pobbe (Michaela) Vittoria Magnani (Frasquita), Anna Di Stasio (Mercedes), Enrico Campi (Zuniga), Guido Malfatti (Morales), Giuseppe Forgione (Dankair), Franco Ricciardi (Remendado).

1911. Chorus and orchestra Opera Comique, Paris. Conductor Francois Ruhlmann. Marguerite Merentier (Carmen), Agustarello Affre (Jose), Alina Vallandri (Michaela), Henri Albert (Escamillo), Hippolyte Belhomme (Dankair), Paul Dumontier (Remendado), Pierre Dupre (Zuniga), Dulac (Morales), Marie Ganteri (Frasquita), Jeanne Billa-Azema (Mercedes). – The world`s second complete recording of this opera and the first complete recording in the original language. - See the comment.

Boston. March 28, 1936 (live). Dir. Louis Hesselmans. Rosa Poncel (Carmen), Rene Maison (Don Jose), Ezio Pinza (Escamillo), Hilda Burke (Michaela), Thelma Votipka (Frasquita), Helen Ohlheim (Mercedes), Marek Windheim (Remendado), Angelo Bada (Dankairo), Luis d`Angelo (Zuniga), George Ciechanowski (Morales).

Carmen - Risë Stevens / Don José - Jan Peerce / Micaëla - Licia Albanese / Escamillo - Robert Merrill / Frasquita - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt) / Mercédès - Margaret Roggero / Le Dancaïre - George Cehanovsky / Le Remendado - Alessio De Paolis / Moralès - Hugh Thompson / Zuninga - Osie Hawkins / Robert Shaw Chorale & Lycée Français Children`s Chorus. 1951.

April 17, 1937 (live). Metropolitan Opera on tour in

in German 1936 (live). Berlin. Dir. Heinrich Steiner.

Leningrad 1962 Carmen — Zenaida Palli,

1928. Chorus and soloists Opera Comique, Symphony Orchestra of Paris. Dir. Eli Cohen (aria about a flower - dir. Philippe Gobert, beginning 1927). Raymonda Visconti (Carmen), Georges Till (Jose), Marta Nespulus (Michaela), Louis Guenot (Escamillo), Andre Vavon (Frasquita), Andre Bernade (Mercedes), Robert Roussel (Dankair), Theo Mathil (Remendado). - Spoken parts and recitatives were not recorded.

Paris, 1959

Live - 1 July 2015 - London Coliseum - In English - Justina Gringyte (Carmen), Eric Cutler (Don Jose), Leigh Melrose (Escamillo), Eleanor Dennis (Micaela), Rhian Lois (Frasquita), Clare Presland (Mercedes), Graeme Danby (Zuniga) - English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra - Richard Armstrong

1963 - Regina Resnik (Carmen), Mario del Monaco (Jose), Joan Sutherland (Micaela), Tom Krause (Escamillo), Georgette Spanellys (Frasquitta), Yvonne Minton (Mercedes) - Geneva Grand Theatre Chorus

Live - 24 July 1958 - Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires - Jean Madeira (Carmen), Pier Miranda Ferraro (Jose), Cesy Broggini (Micaela), Giuseppe Taddei (Escamillo) - Chorus of Teatro Colon - Please note final bars of Act 3 are missing.