Real Teatro de São Carlos, Lisbon, 1892
This production took place in May
This production took place in May
Guest performance
At São Paulo the Maurice Gray company gave only 1 performance of each work in their repertory. It went on to give Carmen in Buenos Aires and Montevideo, and in 1882 in New York and Montreal.
Students of the local French School performed in the children’s choir of the first act. The cast also included Doyon (Frasquita), Piroïa (Mercédès), Barbe (Moralès), Etienne (Le Dancaïre), Désiré (Le Remendado), Rébelly (Zuniga), Léon (Lillas Pastia), Louis Stiger (guide). Musical direction by Rochet, staging by Victor Dangon.
Loewenberg’s Annals of Opera gives the premiere date as 23 May. This is not correct. Other singers: Grégoire (F), Merle (Mer), Nigri (Z), Poyard (DanC), Perret (R), Mussy (Mor), Borel (LP), Mellet (Guide).
6 performances: 23, 25, 30 January; 11, 15, 18 February 1883.
7 performances: 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 27 February; 10 March 1883.
9 performances: 19, 21, 27 February; 3, 9, 11, 25, 30 March; 18 April 1883. Other singers: Oster (F), Odezenne (Mer), Augé (Mor or Z), Fabre (DanC).
5 performances: 27, 28 February; 12, 14, 30 April 1883.
7 performances: 23 February; 1, 5, 15, 25 March; 9 April; 11 May 1883.
3 peformances: 24, 26 May; 2 June 1883.
2 performances: 7, 14 September 1883.
5 performances: 9, 13, 16 March; 8, 18 April 1880.
3 performances: 13, 14, 31 February 1880. The librettists also received another sum of performing rights for 1880, over and above the three performances listed, implying that there were other performances.
8 performances: 8, 10, 17, 24, 27 February; 3, 6, 22 March 1881.
6 performances: 16, 27 June; 10, 20 August; 3, 14 September 1882.
2 performances: 14 February; 7 March 1881.
6 performances: 23, 25, 28 November; 16 December 1882; 1 February 1883; 3 March 1883.
9 performances: 15, 17, 22 February; 3, 7, 16, 22, 27 March; 3 April 1881.
12 performances: 17, 19, 24, 25 February; 1, 5, 6, 17, 29 March; 10, 12, 14 May 1881.
6 performances: 24 February; 3, 10, 17, 27, 31 March 1881.
5 performances: 19, 22, 26, 30 March; 9 April 1881.
2 performances: 26, 29 May 1881.
3 performances: 18, 19, 26 August 1881.