choir Choeur National De L'Opéra De Paris
composed by Georges Bizet
conductor Roberto Benzi
libretto by Henri Meilhac
libretto by Ludovic Halévy
orchestra Orchestre National De L'Opéra De Paris
performer [carmen] Jane Rhodes
performer [don josé] Albert Lance
performer [escamillo] Robert Massard
performer [frasquita] Janine Panis
performer [le dancaire] Jean Mollien
performer [le remendado] Bernard Plantey
performer [mercédès] Jacqueline Broudeur
performer [micaëla] Andréa Guiot
photography by Boris Lipnitzki
photography by Erlanger De Rosen
photography by M. Grésillon
sleeve notes [textes de présentation de] Nicole Hirsch
Recorded At Opéra National De Paris, Palais Garnier
Printed By Imprimerie F. Richir
Lacquer Cut At Société Phonographique Philips
Pressed By Société Phonographique Philips
—Release description—
Gatefold sleeve with black cloth spine, inner sleeve attached in the middle;
Sleeve notes in French;
Spine: Bizet · Carmen · J.Rhodes · R.Benzi   L 02.053 L · Philips

—On sleeve—
carmen de Georges Bizet
avec les principaux interprètes de la première représentation de gala à L'Opéra De Paris le 10 novembre 1959

Fabriqué en France   F. Richir - Maître-Imprimeur - Paris-Le Perreux

—On labels—
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—Pressing details—
Stamped runouts;
[?] represent unidentified symbols in the runouts;
Rights Society: B.I.E.M.
Matrix / Runout: AA 02.053 1L (Label Side A)
Matrix / Runout: AA 02.053 2L (Label Side B)
Matrix / Runout: PHI AA 02053 1L D2 380  [?] (Runout side A)
Matrix / Runout: PHI AA 02053 2L D3 380  [?]  [?] (Runout side B)