Editing Carmen (section)

==Recordings==
{{Main|Carmen discography{{!}}''Carmen'' discography}}
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''Carmen'' has been the subject of many recordings, beginning with early [[Phonograph cylinder|wax cylinder recordings]] of excerpts in the 1890s, a nearly complete performance in German from 1908 with [[Emmy Destinn]] in the title role,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marstonrecords.com/products/carmen2|title=Carmen: The First Complete Recording |publisher=Marston Records |access-date=22 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215112930/http://www.marstonrecords.com/carmen2/carmen2_tracks.htm |archive-date=15 February 2013 }}</ref><ref name=Operadis>{{cite web|title= Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet on file|url= http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLBICARM.HTM#1|publisher= Operadis|access-date= 30 March 2012|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120408183135/http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLBICARM.HTM#1|archive-date= 8 April 2012}}</ref> and a complete 1911 Opéra-Comique recording in French. Since then, many of the leading opera houses and artistes have recorded the work, in both studio and live performances.<ref name=Presto>{{cite web|title= Bizet: Carmen – All recordings|url= http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/w/59724|publisher= Presto Classical|access-date= 8 March 2012|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120305010344/http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/w/59724|archive-date= 5 March 2012}}</ref> Over the years many versions have been commended and reissued.<ref>{{cite book
 | editor1-last = March
 | editor1-first = Ivan|editor2-last=Greenfield|editor2-first=Edward|editor2-link=Edward Greenfield|editor3-last=Layton|editor3-first=Robert|editor3-link=Robert Layton (musicologist)
 | title = The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs
 | publisher = Penguin Books
 | year = 1993
 | location = London
 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/penguinguidetoop00gree/page/25 25–28]
 | isbn = 0-14-046957-5
 | url = https://archive.org/details/penguinguidetoop00gree/|url-access=registration|via=[[Internet Archive]]
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book
 | editor-last= Roberts
 | editor-first= David
 | title= The Classical Good CD & DVD Guide
 | publisher= Haymarket Consumer
 | year= 2005
 | location= Teddington
 | pages= [https://archive.org/details/gramophoneclassi00gram/page/172 172–174]
 | isbn= 0-86024-972-7
 | url= https://archive.org/details/gramophoneclassi00gram/page/172
 }}</ref> From the mid-1990s numerous video recordings have become available. These include [[David McVicar]]'s [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera|Glyndebourne]] production of 2002, and the Royal Opera productions of 2007 and 2010, each designed by [[Francesca Zambello]].<ref name=Presto />