Description
Giacomo Puccini - La Boheme - Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti / Gino Quilico, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Sandra Pacetti, Stephen Dickson, Italo Tajo / Chorus and Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera / Arthaus Musik DVD Video CD 1988 / 100 047
UPC 807280004793
NTSC DVD
Region Code: 0 (all region)
Subtitle Languages: IT (Original Language), GB, D, F, SP
Running Time: 116 min
La bohème (/ˌlɑːboʊˈɛm/; Italian: [la boˈɛm]) is an opera in four acts, composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème (1851) by Henri Murger. The story is set in Paris around 1830 and shows the Bohemian lifestyle (known in French as "la bohème") of a poor seamstress and her artist friends.
The world premiere of La bohème was in Turin on 1 February 1896 at the Teatro Regio, conducted by the 28-year-old Arturo Toscanini. Since then, La bohème has become part of the standard Italian opera repertory and is one of the most frequently performed operas worldwide.
In 1946, fifty years after the opera's premiere, Toscanini conducted a commemorative performance of it on radio with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. A recording of the performance was later released by RCA Victor on vinyl record, tape and compact disc. It is the only recording ever made of a Puccini opera by its original conductor (see Recording history below).
| Label: | Arthaus Musik – 100 047 |
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DVD, Video
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| Released: |
1988 |
| Genre: | Opera |
| Style: |
Opera In Four Acts
Mimi - Mirella Freni
Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti
Musetta - Sandra Pacetti
Marcello - Gino Quilico
Colline - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Schaunard - Stephen Dickson
Benoit/Alcindoro - Italo Tajo
- Choir, Orchestra - Chorus and Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera
- Conductor - Tiziano Severini
- Stage director - Francesca Zambello
- Chorus director - Ian Robertson
