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Puccini - La Boheme | Deutsche Grammophon 4776600

Puccini - La Boheme

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Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Cat No: 4776600

Barcode: 0028947766001

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 11th May 2008

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Penguin Guide 4 stars Gramophone Editor's Choice Penguin Rosette Winner

Contents

Artists

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

Bertrand de Billy

Works

Puccini, Giacomo

La Boheme

Artists

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

Bertrand de Billy

About

One of THE opera events of 2008! Villazón 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

Reviews

This new DG recording is surely the La Bohème for our time, and we are glad to see that distinguished vocal critic of the Gramophone, John Steane ... has commented that the singing of its two stars, the glorious-voiced Anna Netrebko and the thrilling Roland Villazón, is ‘as finely performed as in any recording known to me’.
Penguin Guide 2009

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