<aside> <img src="/icons/info-alternate_orange.svg" alt="/icons/info-alternate_orange.svg" width="40px" /> Georges Bizet: Carmen

December 23, 1953

Naples, Teatro San Carlo

*venue debut*

conductor: Arthur Rodzinski

stage director: Adolf Rott

chorus master: Michele Lauro

design: ?

Cast:

<aside> 💡 Rassegna melodrammatica does not name the tenor (”ottimo il tenore”) and gives the following supporting cast:

Rassegna melodrammatica also notes that “at the last hour there was a change on view, and instead of the heralded edition in the original, with all foreign artists, the opera was sung and performed by homegrown artists, with only maestro Artur Rodzinski remaining at the conducting podium.”

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<aside> 💡 In the Teatro San Carlo’s chronology, curated by Enrico Tellini, the following supporting cast is listed (from Pippo Martelli):

*But as noted in Rassegna melodrammatica, there was a last minute change in concept, and instead of the original French version with foreign artists, they gave the Italian version with an all-Italian cast.

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Frank Hamilton (2011):

Gilberto Starone (Boagno 2008 - Italian):

Gilberto Starone (Boagno 2006 - English):

Gilberto Starone (Boagno 1996 - English):

Gilberto Starone (Boagno 1990 - Italian):

Rassegna melodrammatica del 16-31 dicembre 1953

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