La bohème / produced for television by the Metropolitan Opera Association in cooperation with the Lincoln Center, Media Development Department ; by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica ; production by Fabrizio Melano ; producer, John Goberman ; television director, Kirk Browning.



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Opera in 4 acts. Booklet contains program notes and synopsis in English, German and French. "Original 1972 production from Lyric Opera of Chicago"--Booklet. Features: interviews; picture gallery ("La bohème" at the MET); trailers. Recorded in performance Mar. 15, 1977, Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. Set and costume design, Pier Luigi Pizzi ; lighting design, Gil Wechsler. Renata Scotto (Mimi) ; Maralin Niska (Musetta) ; Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo) ; Ingvar Wixell (Marcello) ; Allan Monk (Schaunard) ; Paul Plishka (Colline) ; Italo Tajo (Benoit) ; Tony Randall, host ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor. Sung in Italian, with subtitles in Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, and Chinese.

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La bohème / produced for television by the Metropolitan Opera Association in cooperation with the Lincoln Center, Media Development Department ; by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica ; production by Fabrizio Melano ; producer, John Goberman ; television director, Kirk Browning.
Artist
Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist.
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A tale set in 19th-century Paris about a poor poet and his love for a beautiful girl who dies of tuberculosis.
Year
2005
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