GEORGES BIZET / OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Bizet/Hammerstein: Carmen Jones [recorded 1944] Muriel Smith & Luther Saxon / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Angel Records / CD - released 12/Jul/2007 ] Carmen Jones is a 1943 Broadway musical with music by Georges Bizet (orchestrated for Broadway by Robert Russell Bennett) and lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein II which was performed at The Broadway Theatre. |
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Carmen Jones (Original Broadway Cast Recording 1943) / Carmen Jones (1954 Film Soundtrack) (excerpts) Muriel Smith, Luther Saxon, Glenn Bryant, Marilyn Horne, Pearl Bailey & others [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] "the performances are gripping. Mezzo-soprano Muriel Smith sizzles as Carmen, the doomed parachute-factory seductress ("Dat's Love" / Habanera), tenor Luther Saxon as Don José/Joe is sublime singing "Dis Flower" (Flower Song)" |