Great Performances at the Met Carmen (Season 36, Episode 3)
TV Episode | 172 min | Music, Musical

Great Performances at the Met

Carmen (Season 36, Episode 3)

TV Episode | 172 min | Music, Musical

Gypsy Carmen picks soldier Don Jose as her latest conquest, costs him his career, takes up with a toreador while he's in jail, recruits him for the smuggling ring, and foresees her own death.

Directors

Gary Halvorson | Brian Large

Writers

Henri Meilhac (libretto) | Ludovic Halévy (libretto) | Prosper Mérimée (based on the story by)

Producers

Louisa Briccetti | Susan Erben | Samuel Paul (as Samuel J. Paul)

Editor

Gary Bradley

Production Designers

John Bury | Franco Zeffirelli

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 1, 1987

Release date

Dec 29, 1997 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 3 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 7 wins & 10 nominations

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28 cast members

Name	Known for
James Levine Self - Conducted by Self - Conducted by See fewer	Fantasia 2000 (1999)
Christopher Schaldenbrand Moralès Moralès See fewer	Great Performances at the Met (1977)
Agnes Baltsa Carmen Carmen See fewer	Jumanji (1995)
Angela Gheorghiu Micaela Micaela See fewer	2046 (2004)
Plácido Domingo Don José Don José See fewer	The Book of Life (2014)
Leona Mitchell Micaëla Micaëla See fewer	Great Performances at the Met (1977)
José Carreras Don José Don José See fewer	Bats (1999)
Jeffrey Wells Zuniga Zuniga See fewer	Great Performances at the Met (1977)
Waltraud Meier Carmen Carmen See fewer	Lucy (I) (2014)
Samuel Ramey Escamillo Escamillo See fewer	Manchester by the Sea (2016)
Mary Dunleavy Frasquita Frasquita See fewer	Lincoln (2012)
Myra Merritt Frasquita Frasquita See fewer	Great Performances at the Met (1977)
Kristine Jepson Mercédès Mercédès See fewer	Great Performances at the Met (1977)
Diane Kesling Mercédès Mercédès See fewer	Great Performances at the Met (1977)
Anthony Laciura Remendado Remendado See fewer	Boardwalk Empire (2010)
Sergei Leiferkus Escamillo Escamillo See fewer	Great Performances at the Met (1977)
Bruce Hubbard Dancaïre Dancaïre See fewer	The Cotton Club (1984)
Kim Josephson Le Dancaïre Le Dancaïre See fewer	Great Performances at the Met (1977)
Vernon Hartman Moralès Moralès See fewer	Great Performances at the Met (1977)
Tony Stevenson Le Remendado Le Remendado See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Ara Berberian Zuniga Zuniga See fewer	Great Performances at the Met (1977)
Nico Castel Lillas Pastia Lillas Pastia See fewer	Amahl and the Night Visitors (1978)
Charles Duval Mountain Guide Mountain Guide See fewer	Nighthawks (1981)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Themselves - Orchestra Themselves - Orchestra See fewer	Anaconda (1997)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus Chorus Chorus See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Metropolitan Opera Ballet Self - Dancers Self - Dancers See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Peter Allen Announcer (voice) Announcer (voice) See fewer	Dark Obsession (1989)
Garrick Utley Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	The Huntley-Brinkley Report (1956)