La Bohème is a 1965 West German film production of the 1896 opera of the same name by Puccini, filmed in a Milan studio and recorded at the Munich Opera.[1] The film director and producer and set designer was the Italian director Franco Zeffirelli; Herbert von Karajan conducted the chorus and orchestra of La Scala and was the artistic supervisor. This is not a stage live recording: the singers mime to their own pre-recordings.[2]
Deutsche Grammophon released the film for home media in analog VHS tape format in 1988 and in Digital Video Disc (DVD) format in 1996, 2002 and 2006.[3]
Plot
Cast
- Mirella Freni (soprano) as Mimì
- Gianni Raimondi (tenor) as Rodolfo, a poet
- Adriana Martino (soprano) as Musetta
- Rolando Panerai (baritone) as Marcello, a painter
- Gianni Maffeo (baritone) as Schaunard, a musician
- Ivo Vinco (baritone) as Colline, a philosopher
References
- ^ "La Bohème in 57 Theaters: Mirella Freni Is Mimi With La Scala Opera" by Dan Sullivan, The New York Times, 20 October 1965
- ^ "The Gramophone Choice: Puccini's La bohème", Gramophone, 1 February 2015
- ^ VHS (1988): OCLC 25036434; DVD (1996, 2002, 2006): OCLC 748853436, 676553868, 71078755.
External links
- La Bohème (1965) at IMDb
- La Bohème at the TCM Movie Database
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