Bizet / Horne / McCracken / Bernstein, 1973: Carmen (Highlights) - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

[wattever333]

I LOVE the way your organized this clip. I wish more people would do this.

[wattever333]

dov'è micaëla?? celle qui dit que rien ne l'épouvante.

pour une fois qu'on a une micaëla française, qui ne dit pas "dont les artifices maudits ont fini par faire UNE FEMME de celui que j'aimais jadis"

[wattever333]

i love kerschnitts! especially with sauerkraut.

[djefca]

Merci pour ce moment délicieux

[gamishiko]

I have experienced the true power of song and passion.

[iczerman]

I love the swagger that Bernstein puts into the prelude. Too many conductors take it too fast IMHO.

[jeiversen]

Wonderful! Thank you for taking the time to prepare and upload this.

[davidhertzberg]

@jeiversen Thanks for writing, david

[stevevandien]

This is remarkable lyric singing for a dramatic tenor with a voice as huge as McCracken's. I still have trouble, however, with that ppp high note, which was clearly falsetto. What the hey, if you can't sing it in legit head voice, sing it forte. So many Joses have sung it thus over the years that there's no shame in doing so. AND McCracken is not to be denigrated because he lacked a true high mezza voce. With rare exceptions, no singer has everything -- 

[PentiumKwok]

love the children's chorus from 4:17



[PentiumKwok]

This is my childhood song, thanks for your uploading ...

[harpsichordRB]

Thank you very much for beautiful evening!