baritone vocals [escamillo-stierfechter/toreador] Hermann Prey
baritone vocals [moralès-sergeant] Georg Völker
bass vocals [dancairo-schmuggler] Leopold Clam
bass vocals [zuniga-leutnant] Ivan Rebroff
chorus Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
chorus Schöneberger Sängerknaben
chorus master Hermann Lüddecke
conductor Horst Stein
engineer Horst Lindner
libretto by Henri Meilhac
libretto by Ludovic Halévy
liner notes Dietrich Zwätz
mezzo-soprano vocals [carmen] Christa Ludwig
orchestra Berliner Symphoniker
photography by Horst Maack
producer Fritz Ganss
recording supervisor Christfried Bickenbach
soprano vocals [frasquita-zigeunermädchen/gypsy] Ursula Schirrmacher
soprano vocals [mercedes-zigeunermädchen/gypsy] Ursula Gust
soprano vocals [micaela-bauernmädchen/country girl] Melitta Muszely
tenor vocals [don josé-sergeant] Rudolf Schock
tenor vocals [remendado-schmuggler] Karl-Ernst Mercker
text by [source] Prosper Mérimée
translated by [german] Julius Hopp
Recorded At Grunewaldkirche
Phonographic Copyright (p) EMI Electrola GmbH
Copyright (c) EMI Electrola GmbH
Total Time — 2'26:44 – CD1 71:43 – CD2 75:01
Libretto von / by Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halévy nach der gleichnamigen Novelle von / after the eponymous novella of Prosper Merimeé

Aufgenommen / Recorded: September 1961, Grunewaldkirche, Berlin
℗ 1961 EMI Electrola GmbH
Digital remastering ℗ 1991 by EMI Electrola GmbH
© 1991 EMI Electrola GmbH
Made in Germany

SPARS Code: ADD
Barcode: 5 099925 290325 (Text)
Barcode: 5099925290325 (Scanned)
Label Code: LC 0223