Bizet: Carmen
London Symphony Orchestra, Plácido Domingo, Claudio Abbado, Teresa Berganza, Ileana Cotrubas, Sherrill Milnes, The Ambrosian Singers
The great tenor Plácido Domingo is just one part of a creative cast that's strong from top to bottom in this long-beloved performance of Bizet's opera. Not least among the collaborators on hand is Claudio Abbado, whose intense reading of the orchestral score benefits from the conductor’s simpatico relationship with the London Symphony Orchestra. And if you need a hit of Domingo in his prime, proceed directly to the great tenor’s Act II feature, "La fleur que tu m’avais jetée."