Carmen Jones
Bizet's evocative music blends with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II in this drama, set in mid-20th-century USA for an African-American cast. Carmen, a factory worker, falls in love with a soldier.
Bizet's evocative music blends with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II in this drama, set in mid-20th-century USA for an African-American cast.
Carmen, a worker in a southern wartime parachute factory, falls in love with a soldier called Joe. When he kills his sergeant in a brawl, Joe and Carmen run away together, but soon Carmen tires of her guilty lover.
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Georges Bizet
March of The Toreadors (From Carmen Suite)
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Oscar Hammerstein II
Overture
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Ouverture
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Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Carmen - Prelude (G.Bizet)
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Oscar Hammerstein II
Opening Medley
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Oscar Hammerstein II
Habanera
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Oscar Hammerstein II
You Talk Just Like My Maw
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Oscar Hammerstein II
Dere's A Cafe On De Corner
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Oscar Hammerstein II
Flower Song
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Pearl Bailey
Beat Out Dat Rhythm On A Drum
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Oscar Hammerstein II
Beat Out Dat Rhythm On A Drum
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Oscar Hammerstein II
Stan' Up and Fight
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Oscar Hammerstein II
Quintet, Whizzin' Away Along De Track
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Oscar Hammerstein II
Card Song
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Oscar Hammerstein II
My Joe
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Oscar Hammerstein II
Finale Scene
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Carmen Jones | Dorothy Dandridge |
| Joe | Harry Belafonte |
| Frankie | Pearl Bailey |
| Cindy Lou | Olga James |
| Husky Miller | Joe Adams |
| Sergeant Brown | Broc Peters |
| Rum Daniels | Roy Glenn |
| Myrt | Diahann Carroll |
| Dink Franklin | Nick Stewart |
| Director | Otto Preminger |
Broadcasts
- Sun 17 Jun 2018 12:10
- Sat 13 Oct 2018 00:20
- Tue 26 Nov 2019 15:35
- Wed 3 Jun 2020 14:50Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland & Wales
- Sun 7 May 2023 12:25Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
- Sun 7 May 2023 14:40Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
- Sat 5 Oct 2024 10:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland