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Lucia Popp (Mimi), Francisco Araiza (Rodolfo), Ludwig Baumann (Schaunard), Wolfgang Brendel (Marcello), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Colline), Barbara Daniels (Musetta), Friedrich Lenz (Benoit), Heinrich Weber (Parpignol), Gerhard Auer (Alcindoro), Wilfried Vorwold (Sergente dei doganieri) & Theodor Nicolai (Un doganiere) Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Munchner Rundfrunkorchester, Stefan Soltesz | 
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| |  | Salzburg Festival, 2012
The incomparable Anna Netrebko follows Deutsche Grammophon’s acclaimed, best-selling 2008 audio release of La Bohème. This DVD is a new production of the Puccini favourite, staged at Salzburg 2012.Tenor Piotr Beczala rocks as Rodolfo, Mimì’s lover. Massimo Cavalletti sings Rodolfo’s friend Marcello with uncommon finesse and beauty of tone. Nino Machaidze is a moving Musetta. The robust orchestration of this popular opera verges on the ethereal as Mimì’s life slips away. Throughout his reading, conductor Daniele Gatti strikes the perfect balance between sentiment and sentimentality, vigour and fragility, the specter of untimely death and the quick and young it haunts. The New York Times wrote, “You don’t often hear Mimì sung with such vivid character and sheer charisma.” | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | 2012 Oslo Opera House
Diego Torre (Rodolfo), Vasilij Ladjuk (Marcello), Marita Sølberg (Mimì), Jennifer Rowley (Musetta), Giovanni Battista Parodi (Colline), Shane Lowrencev (Schaunard) & Svein Erik Sagbråten (Benoit/Parpignol/Alcindoro/Toll Gate Keeper/Death) Norwegian National Opera Chorus, Norwegian National Opera Children’s Chorus & Norwegian National Opera Orchestra, Eivind Gullberg Jensen (conductor) & Stefan Herheim (director) Set & Costume Designer Heike Scheele Lighting Designer Anders Poll Dramaturgy Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach Stefan Herheim, one of the worlds’ most sought after operatic directors, superimposes the modern over the traditional in this dramatic and thought provoking new version of Puccini’s La bohème. Freedom, love, and even death all demand a price that must be paid and the opera opens with Mimì (Marita Sølberg) dying of cancer in a modern intensive care unit; the overture begins just after the ECG machine displays its unmistakable flat green line. With Norway’s internationally renowned Eivind Gullberg Jensen conducting, the production reaches superb heights of operatic drama. “High-concept productions often demand musical distensions but...this La boheme is a vital, middle-of-the-road reading, full of discipline and integrity, thanks, no doubt, to conductor Eivind Gullberg Jensen. The cast's singing is clearly invigorated by these fresh staging ideas...Don't schedule any social engagements after watching this. You might not be in any shape to keep them.” Gramophone Magazine, February 2013 “Herheim creates productions that are larger than life: intellectually charged but joyously theatrical. Little of his work has been captured on DVD, which makes this “Bohème,” which he made for the Norwegian National Opera, a must-have. ..The production is a surreal, moving experience: sometimes mystifying but ultimately haunting.” New York Times, 23rd November 2012 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Sándor Kónya (Rodolfo), Pilar Lorengar (Mimi), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Marcello), Rita Streich (Musetta), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Schaunard), Klaus Bertram (Colline), Fritz Ollendorf (Benoit), Fritz Hoppe (Alcindoro) Staatskapelle Berlin, Chor der Staatsoper Berlin, Kinderchor der Komischen Oper, Alberto Erede Stereo recording; Berlin, 1960 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Recorded: Sydney Opera House, 2011
Ji-Min Park (Rodolfo), Jose Carbo (Marcello), David Parkin (Colline), Shane Lowrencev (Schaunard), Takesha Meshe Kizart (Mimi) & Taryn Fiebig (Musetta) Opera Australia Chorus & Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Shao-Chia Lu (conductor) & Gale Edwards (director) Set Design: Brian Thomson Costume Design: Julie Lynch Lighting: John Rayment This sensational new productin of La boheme, the inspired concept of director Gale Edwards, is set in early 1930s Berlin, a city of liberal indulgence, glittering Spiegeltents and glitzy cabaret clubs, where no excess is considered too much. Charismatic Ji-Min Park gives a stunning performance as Rodolfo, the poet who falls in love with Mimi, played by Takesha Meshe Kizart, who delivers a dazzling version of the impoverished working girl. Renowned conductor Shao-Chia Lu draws from the orchestra and chorus a magnificent performance of Puccini's lush score. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Roberto Alagna (Rodolfo), Angela Gheorghiu (Mimi), Elisabetta Scano (Musetta), Simon Keenlyside (Marcello), Ildebrando d' Arcangelo (Colline), Roberto de Candia (Schaunard), Alfredo Mariotti (Benoit/Alcindoro), Alberto Ragona (Parpginol), Gianfranco Valentini (Sergente dei doganieri), Franco Podda (Un doganiere) Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Chailly “Puccini's romance shines brightly, with plenty of detail and lively conducting from Riccardo Chailly, Gheorghiu, Alagna, Keenlyside and D'Arcangelo provide highlights.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2012 ***** “The husband-and-wife partnership of Gheorghiu and Alagna is formidably demonstrated in Decca's more recent recording...Gheorghiu's glorious singing is powerfully matched by the heroic tones of Alagna, culminating in a deeply moving death-scene.” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition *** | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Puccini: La Bohème
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Recording Date: February 15, 1958 “Schippers's control of the ensembles is exemplary...[Albanese] is the most fragile Mimi I've ever heard...[Bergonzi] has absolute ease with Rodolfo's music...This thoroughly idiomatic performance - filled with Italian singers steeped in the tradition - is, again, the kind one rarely hears nowadays, and it's highly recommended.” International Record Review, March 2011 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, in December 2009
John Copley’s enduring production of one of the most famously melodious and popular of all operas is a classic of the Royal Opera repertory. With historically accurate designs by Julia Trevelyan Oman and an excellent cast headed by Hibla Gerzmava and Teodor Ilincai, this 2009 revival, in which conductor Andris Nelsons makes a distinguished Royal Opera House debut, does full justice to Puccini’s masterpiece. Filmed in High Definition and recorded in true surround sound. "[Ilincai] gave a thoroughly assured and engaging performance. ... Sumptuously sung, Gerzmava’s portrayal was sensitive and well-rounded – timid yet warm and attractive in her first scene with Rodolfo, intimate rather than melodramatic in her final death-bed moments." Classical Source Extra features: Cast gallery Interview with Jonathan Copley Interview with Andris Nelsons Running time 121 mins Region code All regions Picture format 16:9 Anamorphic Sound format 2.0 LPCM & 5.1 DTS Surround Menu language EN Subtitles EN/FR/DE/ES/IT “Gerzmava is clear in tone and clean in style, the Rodolfo (Teodor Ilincai) light and unforced but wanting richness. All act naturally and well, Jacques Imbrailo (the Schaunard) with panache.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2010 “In every sense this Boheme glows...Teodor Ilincai is a splendid Rodolfo...radiating Italian lyricism and boyish good nature. Hibla Gerzmava is a gorgeous Mimi...Inna Dukach is a splendid Musetta...On DVD it looks and sounds wonderful - but on Blu-Ray it's breathtaking” BBC Music Magazine, September 2010 *****  BBC Music Magazine
DVD Choice - September 2010 |
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| |  | Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, in December 2009
John Copley’s enduring production of one of the most famously melodious and popular of all operas is a classic of the Royal Opera repertory. With historically accurate designs by Julia Trevelyan Oman and an excellent cast headed by Hibla Gerzmava and Teodor Ilincai, this 2009 revival, in which conductor Andris Nelsons makes a distinguished Royal Opera House debut, does full justice to Puccini’s masterpiece. Filmed in High Definition and recorded in true surround sound. "[Ilincai] gave a thoroughly assured and engaging performance. ... Sumptuously sung, Gerzmava’s portrayal was sensitive and well-rounded – timid yet warm and attractive in her first scene with Rodolfo, intimate rather than melodramatic in her final death-bed moments." Classical Source Extra features: Cast gallery Interview with Jonathan Copley Interview with Andris Nelsons Running time 121 mins Region code All regions Video codec: AVC/MPEG-4 Disc size: BD50 Picture format 1080i High Definition / 16:9 Sound format 2.0 LPCM & 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Menu language EN Subtitles EN/FR/DE/ES/IT “In every sense this Boheme glows...Teodor Ilincai is a splendid Rodolfo...radiating Italian lyricism and boyish good nature. Hibla Gerzmava is a gorgeous Mimi...Inna Dukach is a splendid Musetta...On DVD it looks and sounds wonderful - but on Blu-Ray it's breathtaking.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2010 ***** “Gerzmava is clear in tone and clean in style, the Rodolfo (Teodor Ilincai) light and unforced but wanting richness. All act naturally and well, Jacques Imbrailo (the Schaunard) with panache.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2010 BBC Music Magazine DVD Choice - September 2010 |
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