This famous film of the world"s best-loved opera, directed by Herbert von Karajan, features the three greatest exponents of their respective roles at the time: Grace Bumbry"s magnificently seductive-toned Carmen, Mirella Freni"s ineffably lovely, touching Micaela, and Jon Vickers"s thrillingly manic-depressive Don Jose - "overwhelming in its truthfulness to the tragic vision of Carmen", wrote the distinguished critic David Cairns. Opera In Four Acts Carmen - Grace Bumbry Don Jose - Jon Vickers Escamillo - Justino Diaz Micaela - Mirella Freni Frasquita - Julia Hamari Герберт Караян