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Puccini - La Boheme | EMI - Live from the MET 2174179

Puccini - La Boheme

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Label: EMI - Live from the MET

Cat No: 2174179

Barcode: 5099921741791

Format: DVD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 15th September 2008

Penguin Guide 4 stars Penguin Rosette Winner

Contents

Artists

Angela Gheorghiu
Ramon Vargas
Ludovic Tezier
Ainhoa Arteta
Oren Gradus
Quinn Kelsey
Paul Plishka
Meredith Derr
Paul Plishka
Robert Maher
Richard Pearson
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus

Conductor

Nicola Luisotti

Works

Puccini, Giacomo

La Boheme

Artists

Angela Gheorghiu
Ramon Vargas
Ludovic Tezier
Ainhoa Arteta
Oren Gradus
Quinn Kelsey
Paul Plishka
Meredith Derr
Paul Plishka
Robert Maher
Richard Pearson
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus

Conductor

Nicola Luisotti

About

Angela Gheorghiu leads a magnificent cast in Franco Zeffirelli’s iconic production of Puccini’s La Bohème, filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in Hi-Definition - a grand, sumptuous production.

La Bohème, set in Paris around 1830, depicts a society fraught with conflict. Amid the turmoil, it is the love that blossoms between two young artists in a time that appears both bleak and turbulent that makes this story so very special.

Mimì and Rodolfo, sung by Angela Gheorghiu and Ramón Vargas respectively, charm as the young couple that fall in love while Marcello and Musetta are sung by Ludovic Tezier and Ainhoa Arteta. Gheorghiu, the leading Puccini soprano of our time, reprises the role of Mimì at the MET for the first time in twelve years. She sings the role with the beauty and perfection that is expected by an artist of her great stature and experience.

Following its debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1981, Franco Zeffirelli’s stunning production is as loved and as magnificent today as the day it was first staged over 27 years ago. This live broadcast is therefore the 347th time Zeffirelli’s Bohème has been performed making this the most performed production in the MET’s history.

Conducting, Nicola Luisotti is described as “a man who knows what he is doing in this repertoire: the way he can control the orchestra to move with the singers' expressive tempo fluctuations is breathtaking, a quality which helps to show Puccini at his best.” (musicalcriticism.com)

Zeffirelli at his best” - musicalcriticism.com

[Gheorghiu] was superb as Mimì. From her first notes, sung from behind a closed door, she was distinctive and alluring. She sang with extraordinary precision, subtlety, control, nuance, and, above all, musicality. She is a natural, having gifts that are simply unearned — they are, indeed, gifts. She put a number of colours in her voice, all to a purpose. And her soft singing, as usual, was exemplary.” – New York Sun

"Angela Gheorghiu, returning as Mimi…revealed exquisitely veiled tones in a performances that was as tenderly touching as it was vibrant." - New York Post

Cast:
• Marcello - Ludovic Tézier
• Rodolfo - Ramón Vargas
• Colline - Oren Gradus
• Schaunard - Quinn Kelsey
• Benoit - Paul Plishka
• Mimì - Angela Gheorghiu
• Parpignol - Meredith Derr
• Alcindoro - Paul Plishka
• Musetta - Ainhoa Arteta
• Customhouse sergeant - Robert Maher
• Customhouse officer - Richard Pearson

Production: Franco Zeffirelli
Set designer: Franco Zeffirelli
Costume designer: Peter J. Hall
Lighting designer: Gil Weschsler

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