Filmed production of Bizet’s Carmen at Earls Court in London, June 1989.
Don José
Escamillo
Micaëla
Zuniga
Dancaïre
Le Remendado
Frasquita
Mercédès
Filmed production of Bizet’s Carmen at Earls Court in London, June 1989.
1989-06-10
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