La bohème [videorecording] / Puccini ; production by Franco Zeffirelli ; directed by Gary Halvorson ; a Metropolitan Opera production in association with PBS and Thirteen/WNET New York.
Opera in two acts; libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica. "A Metropolitan Opera high-definition production"--Container. Program notes by Wiliam Livingstone and synopsis in English (9 p.) inserted in container. Bonus: Zeffirelli at the Met; Backstage at the Met with Renée Fleming, Angela Gheorghiu, Ramón Vargas and Met technical director, Joe Clark. Angela Gheorghiu (Mimi) ; Ainhoa Arteta (Musetta) ; Ramón Vargas (Rodolfo) ; Lucovic Tézier (Marcello) ; Quinn Kelsey (Schaunard) ; Oren Gradus (Colline) ; Paul Plishka (Benoit and Alcindoro) ; Meredith Derr (Parpignol) ; Robert Maher (Custom Sergeant) ; Richard Pearson (Custom Officer) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Nicola Luisotti, conductor ; Renée Fleming, host. Recorded: live from the Met, 5 April 2008.
Summary:
An immortal classic of love and loss, with Franco Zeffirelli's, iconic production and Nicola Luisotti's expressive conducting. Angela Gheorghiu, the leading Puccini soprano of our time, reprises the role of Mimi, with Ramon Vargas gives a reading.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)779856180
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
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