| Description |
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in |
| System Details |
DVD |
| Note |
Title from disc surface |
| Performer |
Cheryl Barker (Mimi) ; David Hobson (Rodolfo) ; Roger Lemke (Marcello) ; Christine Douglas (Musetta) ; Gary Rowley (Colline) ; David Lemke (Schaunard) ; The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra ; Julian Smith, conductor |
| Credits |
Designers, Catherine Martin, Bill Marron |
| Note |
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica after Henry Murger's novel Scènes de la vie de Bohème |
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Originally produced in 1993 |
| Event |
Recorded live from the Sydney Opera House |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated |
| Summary |
Puccini's bittersweet opera of high-spirited bohemians and the doomed love between Rodolfo, the idealistic poet and Mimi, the consumptive flower-maker, is a beautifully balanced series of tableaux depicting the infectious joie de vivre of youth and the tragic waste of disease and separation |
| Language |
Sung in Italian with subtitles in English |
| Subject |
Bohemianism -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
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Poverty -- Drama.
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Courtship -- Drama.
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Playwriting -- Drama.
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Italian language materials
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Italian language
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| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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| Added Author |
Luhrmann, Baz.
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Barker, Cheryl.
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Hobson, David, 1960-
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Lemke, Roger.
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Douglas, Christine.
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Rowley, Gary.
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Lemke, David.
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Smith, Julian, 1944-
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Martin, Catherine.
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Marron, Bill.
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Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.
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Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
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Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Bohème.
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Murger, Henri, 1822-1861.
Scènes de la vie de Bohème.
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Opera Australia.
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.
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Sydney Opera House.
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| Note |
At head of title: Baz Luhrmann's production of Puccini's La Bohème |
| Standard No. |
014381991820 |
| Music No. |
ID1918RADVD Image Entertainment |
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