Deutsche Grammophon: 4776600
Puccini - La Boheme
Our Price: £18.95 (£16.13 ex VAT)
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Opera
Artist(s): Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon, Nicole Cabell, Mariusz Kwiecien, Boaz Daniel, Vitalij Kowaljow, Kevin Connors, Gerald Haeussler, Tiziano Bracci, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Kinderchor des Stadttheaters am Gartnerplatz, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Conductor(s): Bertrand de Billy
Release Date: 12th May 2008
More Details on Puccini - La Boheme
One of THE opera events of 2008! Villazon and Netrebko take ownership of Puccini’s masterpiece in a sparkling recording of La Bohème, recorded live at the Gasteig in Munich, under studio-like conditions.
In three concert performances in April 2007, Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Nicole Cabell, Boaz Daniel and conductor Bertrand de Billy generated a special chemistry. This is a cast with youth on its side, so there is real credibility to Puccini’s story of bohemians in Paris. Emotion, spontaneity, intensity: Puccini’s beloved opera demands them all. The audience had the rare chance to experience magic being created; a sensation that has been captured in this live but studio-like recording.
Classic FM raved about the performances: “We get a Latinate passionate Rodolfo and a more delicately responsive Mimì, who blossoms under the warmth of the other’s yearning into a full declaration of love at the end.”
A release that promises to become a Traviata-like hit, sweeping people away with the sheer verve and passion of the performances. It will appeal to opera lovers as well as a mainstream audience .
Cast:
- Mimi: Anna Netrebko
- Rodolfo: Rolando Villazón
- Musetta: Nicole Cabell
- Marcello: Mariusz Kwiecien
- Schaunard: Boaz Daniel
- Colline: Vitalij Kowaljow
- Parpignol: Kevin Connors
- Benoit: Tiziano Bracci
- Alcindoro: Tiziano Bracci
- Sergente Dei Doganierie: Gerald Haeussler
- Un Doganiere: Tiziano Bracci
In three concert performances in April 2007, Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Nicole Cabell, Boaz Daniel and conductor Bertrand de Billy generated a special chemistry. This is a cast with youth on its side, so there is real credibility to Puccini’s story of bohemians in Paris. Emotion, spontaneity, intensity: Puccini’s beloved opera demands them all. The audience had the rare chance to experience magic being created; a sensation that has been captured in this live but studio-like recording.
Classic FM raved about the performances: “We get a Latinate passionate Rodolfo and a more delicately responsive Mimì, who blossoms under the warmth of the other’s yearning into a full declaration of love at the end.”
A release that promises to become a Traviata-like hit, sweeping people away with the sheer verve and passion of the performances. It will appeal to opera lovers as well as a mainstream audience .
Cast:
- Mimi: Anna Netrebko
- Rodolfo: Rolando Villazón
- Musetta: Nicole Cabell
- Marcello: Mariusz Kwiecien
- Schaunard: Boaz Daniel
- Colline: Vitalij Kowaljow
- Parpignol: Kevin Connors
- Benoit: Tiziano Bracci
- Alcindoro: Tiziano Bracci
- Sergente Dei Doganierie: Gerald Haeussler
- Un Doganiere: Tiziano Bracci
