| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD-9; soundtracks in DTS 5.1, LPCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9; all regions. |
| Note |
Opera in 4 acts; libretto based on Henry Murger's Scènes de la vie de bohème. |
| Performer |
Teodor Ilincai (Rodolfo) ; Hibla Gerzmava (Mimi) ; Gabriele Viviani (Marcello) ; Inna Dukach (Musetta) ; Kostas Smoriginas (Colline) ; Jacques Imbrailo (Schaunard) ; Jeremy White (Benoit) ; Donald Maxwell (Alcindoro) ; Royal Opera Chorus ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; concert master, Peter Manning ; conductor, Andris Nelsons. |
| Credits |
Director, John Copley ; designs, Julia Trevelyan Oman ; lighting design, John Charlton after William Bundy; film director, Robin Lough ; film producer, Frances Whitaker ; DVD producer, James Whitbourn. |
| Event |
Recorded in performance Dec. 19 and 21, 2009, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. |
| Note |
"Filmed in High Definition and recorded in true surround sound." |
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Program notes and synopsis in English, French, and German inserted in container. |
| Summary |
In an attic apartment in the Latin Quarter of Paris, a group of young artists are living together in poverty. Their neighbour, the little seamstress Mimi, introduces herself, seeking a light for her candle, when Rodolfo is left alone. They fall in love. At the Café Momus Rodolfo presents Mimi to his friends, while the singer Musetta abandons her elderly rich lover Alcindoro in order to join Marcello. Alcindoro is left to settle the bill for all of them. Time has passed. Mimi has lived with Rodolfo, but they quarrel, because of his apparent jealousy. He has planned to leave her, as we learn in a scene set on a cold winter morning by the city gates. Musetta, a contrast in character to the gentle Mimi, later returns to the attic apartment of the four young men, bringing with her the dying Mimi, whom they now try to comfort, but in vain, as she dies before their eyes of the consumption that has racked her. |
| Note |
Includes cast gallery and interviews with John Copley and Andris Nelsons. |
| Language |
Sung in Italian; optional English, French, German, Italian, or Spanish subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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| Genre/Form |
Filmed operas.
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Nonfiction films.
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| Added Author |
Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist.
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Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist.
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Ilincăi, Teodor. Performer.
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Gerzmava, Hibla, 1970- Performer.
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Viviani, Gabriele. Performer.
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Dukach, Inna. Performer.
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Smoriginas, Kostas. Performer.
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Imbrailo, Jacques. Performer.
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White, Jeremy, 1953- Performer.
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Maxwell, Donald. Performer.
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Nelsons, Andris. Conductor.
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Copley, John, 1933-
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Oman, Julia Trevelyan.
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Charlton, John.
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Bundy, William.
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Lough, Robin.
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Whitaker, Frances.
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Whitbourn, James.
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Murger, Henri, 1822-1861.
Scènes de la vie de Bohème.
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Royal Opera (London, England) Performer.
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Opus Arte (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
809478010272 |
| Music No. |
OA 1027 D Opus Arte |
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