CARMEN JONES
Composer: Georges
Bizet
Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II
Opened: December
2, 1943, Broadway Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 502
Note: Only numbers not found on the CD reissue of the original Broadway cast recording are noted below.
Act One Finale:
1. Carmen Jones, CD/EMI Classics
CDC 7 54351 2 (Sharon Benson and Club Chorus with orchestra conducted by Henry
Lewis) (as part of "If You Would Only Come Away")
Cain' Let You Go:
1. Carmen Jones, RCA (M) LM-1881
(Men and Olga James with orchestra conducted by Herschel Burke Gilbert) (part
of "Opening Medley") [reissued as CD/RCA 1881-2-R]
2. Carmen Jones, CD/EMI
Classics CDC 7 54351 2 (Karen Parks and Factory Chorus with orchestra conducted
by Henry Lewis)
Carmen Jones Is Goin' To
Jail:
1. Carmen Jones, CD/AEI AEI-CD
045 (Factory Workers with orchestra directed by Lynn Murray)
Git Yer
Program For De Big Fight:
1. Carmen Jones, CD/EMI Classics
CDC 7 54351 2 (Boxing Crowd Chorus with orchestra conducted by Henry
Lewis)
Good Luck, Mister Flyin'
Man:
1. Carmen Jones, CD/EMI Classics
CDC 7 54351 2 (Factory Chorus with orchestra conducted by Henry
Lewis)
Honey Gal
O'Mine:
1. Carmen Jones, CD/EMI Classics
CDC 7 54351 2 (Factory Chorus with orchestra conducted by Henry
Lewis)
I Like Your
Eyes:
1. Carmen Jones, RCA (M) LM-1881
(Olga James and Men with orchestra conducted by Herschel Burke Gilbert) (part
of "Opening Medley") [reissued as CD/RCA 1881-2-R]
2. Carmen Jones, CD/EMI
Classics CDC 7 54351 2 (Karen Parks and Factory Chorus with orchestra conducted
by Henry Lewis) (part of "Cain' Let You Go")
If You Would Only Come Away:
1. Carmen Jones, CD/AEI AEI-CD
045 (Muriel Smith and Luther Saxon with orchestra directed by Lynn
Murray)
2. Carmen Jones, CD/EMI Classics CDC 7 54351 2 (Sharon Benson and
Michael Austin, with orchestra conducted by Henry Lewis)
Murder, Murder [Finale Scene 1]:
1. Carmen Jones, CD/AEI AEI-CD
045 (Factory Workers with orchestra directed by Lynn Murray)
Poncho De Panther From Brazil:
1. Carmen Jones, CD/EMI Classics
CDC 7 54351 2 (Party Chorus with orchestra conducted by Henry
Lewis)
Send Along Anudder
Load:
1. Carmen Jones, RCA (M) LM-1881
(Male Chorus with orchestra conducted by Herschel Burke Gilbert) (part of
"Opening Medley") [reissued as CD/RCA 1881-2-R]
Unrecorded Material:
Act Two, Scene 1 Finale
All De
Swells In Town Are Dere, Kids (not used)
Ballet Divertissement
Beat Out
Dat Rhythm (reprise) (not used)
C'm Yere Toots (not used)
Dere's My Home
Down Below (not used)
Finaletto and Entr' Scene
Git Hpe, Git Hep Wid De
Hepcat (not used)
Hey Carmen, Look Over Dere (not used)
High On A Hill
We'd Hide Away (not used)
I Is Hepcat Miller (not used)
I'll Do A Dance
(not used)
Is Dat True? (not used)
Is Dat You, Joe? (not used)
Oh Boy,
Oh Boy, Oh Boy (not used)
Oh, Sargin' Brown (not used)
Open De Door, De
Ban' Is Getting' Hot (not used)
Sally Took A Cigarette (not used)
Scene
For Carmen And Joe
Uh-Un, Mn-Hmn (not used)
Wave Dat Stick (not
used)
What A Nerve! (not used)
Who Dat? Who Dere? (not used)
Won't You
Say Dat You Love Me? (not used)
Yo' Maw's Okay (not used)
You Ain't A
Police'M
You Git Your Cut No Matter What (not used)