World Premiere
Bolshoi Ballet
April 20, 1967
Bolshoi Theatre
Moscow, Russia
Cast:
Maya Plisetskaya
Nicolai Fadeyechev
Sergei Radchenko
United States Premiere
Maya Plisetskaya and Stars of the Bolshoi Ballet
September 17, 1974
Metropolitan Opera House
New York, New York
Cast:
Maya Plisetskaya (Carmen)
Alexander Godunov (Don Jose)
Sergei Radchenko (Toreador)
Natalia Kasatkinal (Bull)
Alexander Lavreniuk (Corregidor)
ABT Premiere
June 12, 1976
Metropolitan Opera House
New York, New York
Cast:
Alicia Alonso (Carmen)
Orlando Salgado (Don Jose)
Jorge Esquivel (Escamillo)
Martine van Hamel (Destino)
Clark Tippet (Zuniga)