Carmen

We broadcast the Oceantown production of George Bizet’s beloved opera Carmen - updated to the early 20th century. The entire town is crammed into the Oceantown Opera House (aka “Old Rusty”) either as musicians, singers, stagehands or crowd scene extras. Some folks were also in the audience. This staging was modified to tone down the revenge killings and animal cruelty.

Georges Bizet

Hour One has 2 20-second pauses (with music) at 15:38 and 39:34 for local station ID:

Here is Hour One divided into 3 segments to facilitate local station ID:

Hour One:

1 - Carmen Selection (Bizet) - Arthur Pryor's Band - 1908

2 - Me Llamo Carmen - Srta. Carmen Flores

3 - Conga Habanera - Orquesta Havana-Casino - 1940

4 - Habanera from Carmen (Bizet) - Ebe Stignani - 1927

5 - Seguidilla - Lucrezia Bori - 1928

6 - By the Ramparts of Seville - Seguidilla (Bizet) - Rachel Morton - 1926

7 - Tererolied (Bizet) - Heinrich Schlusnus - 1920

8 - Carmen - Eddy Thomas with the Regent Club Orchestra - 1928

9 - Dance Rumba - Carmen Miranda - 1939

10 - Rhumba at the Waldorf - Don Jose and his Orchestra - 1946

11 - The Quintet Plays Carmen - Raymond Scott Quintet - 1940

12 - Concert Reel and Custom Gap - Paddy Sweeny - 1937

13 - The Fortune Teller - Peg LaCentra with Johnny Green and his Orchestra - 1934

14 - Carmen (Bizet) - Garde Républicaine Orkester Paris

15 - Torero - Graciela Parraga with the Vicente Gomez Quintet - 1941

16 - The Toreador and the Andalusian Maid (Rubenstein) - Victor Symphony Orchestra - 1923

17 - Bull Fight Bull-Ero - Rex Irving and his Orchestra - 1940

Hour Two:

18 - Carmen Miranda - Eddie Bergen and Charlie McCarthy - 1945 (Radio Comedy)

19 - Tangled Web - The Whistler - 1943 (Radio Drama)

20 - The Parrot on the Fortune Teller’s Hat - Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Band - 1945