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)