Title La bohème [(DVD) videorecording] / Puccini ; production by Franco Zeffirelli ; directed by Gary Halvorson ; a Metropolitan Opera production in association with PBS and Thirteen/WNET New York.

Edition

Widescreen edition.

Publication Info.

[London] : EMI Classics, [2008]

Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1349813~S1

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Nichols Adult DVD Nonfiction	782.1 BOH	AVAILABLE

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Description	1 videodisc (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD-9; sound formats: LPCM stereo., DTS 5.1 surround; NTSC system: 16:9.
Language	Sung in Italian; subtitles in Italian, English, German, French and Spanish; interviews and commentary in English.
Performer	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.
Credits	Set desinger, Franco Zeffirelli ; costume designer, Peter J. Hall ; lighting designer, Gil Wechsler.
Event	Recorded: live from the Met, 5 April 2008.
Note	"A Metropolitan Opera high-definition production"--Container.
	Program notes by Wiliam Livingstone and synopsis in English (9 pages) 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.
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.
Subject	Operas -- Videodiscs.
	DVDs.
Genre	Music.
Added Author	Zeffirelli, Franco, producer, designer.
	Halvorson, Gary, director.
	Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906, director.
	Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919, director.
	Gheorghiu, Angela, performer.
	Vargas, Ramon, 1960- performer.
	Arteta, Aïnhoa, performer.
	Tézier, Ludovic, 1968- performer.
	Kelsey, Quinn, performer.
	Gradus, Oren, performer.
	Plishka, Paul, 1941- performer.
	Derr, Meredith, performer.
	Maher, Robert (Baritone), performer.
	Pearson, Richard, performer.
	Luisotti, Nicola, conductor.
	Fleming, Renée, host.
	Hall, Peter J., 1926-2010, designer.
	Wechsler, Gil, designer.
	Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Bohème.
	Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
	Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
	WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Standard No.	5099921741791
Music No.	50999 2 17417 9 1 EMI Classics

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