At the end of Maria Callas' career, rumors abounded about her taking on the role of Carmen onstage in Bizet's opera. This never happened. However, Carmen was her penultimate studio recording, and her only complete recording of a French opera – but the most famous of them all! Surrounded by her favorite conductor at the time, Georges Prêtre, and the great Nicolai Gedda as Don José, Maria Callas embodied a haunted, tragic, utterly unique Carmen.
Warner Classics today presents this limited edition 3-LP box set, including a complete booklet. The sound comes from the remastered original masters.