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Puccini's La boheme

16/06/2012

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Puccini's La boheme

Puccini's La Boheme with Carmen Giannattasio. Semyon Bychkov conducts.

Puccini's La boheme: Featuring Carmen Giannattasio (Mimi) and Joseph Calleja (Rodolfo). Semyon Bychkov conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House.

Puccini's La Boheme
Presented by Martin Handley

For Rodolfo, living in poverty with a group of bohemian friends, life changes when there's a knock at the door, and Mimì, a fragile seamstress who lives in another room in the building, asks for help with her candle. But, as he discovers, love does not bring happiness. Puccini's La Boheme, an opera which seems to have a special place in the hearts of performers and audience alike, returns to Covent Garden.

Rodolfo.....Joseph Calleja (Tenor)
Mimi.....Carmen Giannattasio (Soprano)
Marcello.....Fabio Maria Capitanucci (Baritone)
Schaunard.....Thomas Oliemans (Tenor)
Colline.....Yuri Vorobiev (Bass)
Musetta.....Nuccia Focile (Soprano)
Benoit.....Jeremy White (Bass)
Alcindoro.....Donald Maxwell (Baritone)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House
Conductor.....Semyon Bychkov.

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