chorus Chœur De L'Opéra National Du Rhin
chorus Chœurs D'Enfants De Saint-Maurice
chorus master [chef assistant] Charles Schwarz
chorus master [direction des chœurs] Günter Wagner
chorus master [direction des etudes musicales] Louise Sherman
composed by Georges Bizet
conductor Alain Lombard
design [maquette], cover [au recto du coffret] Jacques Vatoux
libretto by Henri Meilhac
libretto by Ludovic Halévy
libretto by [d'après] Prosper Mérimée
liner notes [commantaires] Antoine Goléa
orchestra Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg
performer [carmen], vocals Régine Crespin
performer [don josé], vocals Gilbert Py
performer [escamillo], vocals José Van Dam
performer [frasquita], vocals Maria Rosa Carminati
performer [la dancaïre], vocals Jacques Trigeau
performer [le remendado], vocals Rémy Corazza
performer [mercédès], vocals Nadine Denize
performer [micaëla], vocals Jeannette Pilou
performer [moralès], vocals Paul Guigue
performer [zuniga], vocals Pierre Thau
photography by Colette Masson
photography by, cover [au recto de la plaquette] Roland Bianchini
photography by, cover [au recto du coffret] Sabine Strosser
recorded by [prise de son] Peter Willemoës
recorded by [prise de son] Pierre Lavoix
Printed By Imprimerie Contensin
Published By Choudens
Distributed By RCA
Phonographic Copyright (p) Éditions Costallat
Copyright (c) Éditions Costallat
Printed By Club Gutenberg
Lacquer Cut At C.I.D.I.S. Louviers
Pressed By C.I.D.I.S. Louviers
[Description]
Box set with 32 page booklet;
Liner notes & libretto in French, and translated in English;
Side lengths (A/B/C/D/E/F): 26'45 / 26'40 / 24'22 / 27'55 / 29' 30 / 20'35
On spine: Bizet - Carmen / R. Crespin  G.Py  dir. A. Lombard   3xⓍ STU 70900 à 902  Erato

[Box text]
Editions Chouens
imprimerie Contensin, Paris

[Booklet text]
au recto du coffret : Carmen à l'Opéra du Rhin 1974, décor du IVe acte
photo Sabine Strosser / maquette Jacques Vatoux

au recto de la plaquette : Régine Crespjn, photo Roland Bianchini

Distribution en France RCA 6 Rond-point des Champs-Elysées - Paris
Printed in France  © Editions Costallat 1975 ℗  Club Gutenberg / Chambray

[Label text]
Made in France
Gravure Universelle

[Pressing details]
Pressing ring disc 1 & 2: 30mm, 34mm
Pressing ring disc 3: 30mm
Embossed outer rim: 86mm
Runouts are stamper, stamper numbers (last 2 characters) are handstamped and fainter;
Runout side F contains crossed-through characters: ERA [s]70920[/s] 70902 LPL 4132 2Y [s]6[/s] 380 CIDIS DA  A2

Other manufacturing variations might have 20mm pressing rings;


Price Code: 3xⓍ (On spine)
Other: STU 70900 (Catalog# disc 1)
Other: STU 70901 (Catalog# disc 2)
Other: STU 70902 (Catalog# disc 3)
Matrix / Runout: STU 70900 A (Label side A)
Matrix / Runout: STU 70900 B (Label side B)
Matrix / Runout: STU 70901 A (Label side C)
Matrix / Runout: STU 70901 B (Label side D)
Matrix / Runout: STU 70902 A (Label side E)
Matrix / Runout: STU 70902 B (Label side F)
Matrix / Runout: ERA 70900 LPL 4130 1Y CIDIS DAT  A1 (Runout side A)
Matrix / Runout: ERA 70900 LPL 4130 2Y CIDIS DAT  A2 (Runout side B)
Matrix / Runout: DAT ERA 30901 LPL 4131 1Y 380 CIDIS  A2 (Runout side C)
Matrix / Runout: ERA 70901 LPL 4131 2Y DAT CIDIS  A2 (Runout side D)
Matrix / Runout: ERA 70902 LPL 4132 1Y DAT 380 CIDIS  A1 (Runout side E)
Matrix / Runout: ERA 70920 70902 LPL 4132 2Y 6 380 CIDIS DA  A2 (Runout side F)