Gipsy Blood

In 1931, Sir Malcolm Sargent – then a rising young conductor – acted as musical director for this first filmed musical version of Prosper Mérimée’s classic story of passion and fatal jealousy, Carmen. With a score based on Bizet’s opera, Gipsy Blood features celebrated American soprano Marguerite Namara as the capricious gypsy girl from the cigarette factory; her co-performers include Thomas Burke as Carmen’s tormented lover, Don José, and New Zealand-born baritone Lance Fairfax as his rival, the toreador Escamillo.

Cast

Marguerite Namara Carmen

Thomas F. Burke Don Jose

Lance Fairfax Escamillo Lester Matthews Zuniga Mary Clare Factory Girl Lewin Mannering Innkeeper Hay Petrie Remenado Dennis Wyndham Doncairo

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