At the near end of the season (which actually ended on June 26, 1975 with Ravel’s “The Spanish Hour” and Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle”, under the baton of Farhad Mechkat, in production of Lotfi Mansouri), the revival from 1971 of Lotfi Mansouri’s “Carmen” was presented on April 30, May 3, and 5, 1975, with Pari Samar in the leading role, opposite Maurice Maievsky as Don José and Victor Braun as Escamillo. Maestro Manrico de Tura was at the pit; it was his last performance after more than five years as Principal Conductor at Tehran Opera House.
