La Bohème
(DVD)

Based on H. Murger's Scènes de la vie de Bohème.

Produced live at the Metropolitan Opera.

Program notes and synopsis in English inserted in container.

Director, Gary Halvorson ; set designer, Franco Zeffirelli ; costume designer, Peter J. Hall.

Angela Gheorghiu (Mimi), Ainhoa Arteta (Musetta), Ramon Vargas (Rodolfo), Ludovic Tezier (Marcello), Quinn Kelsey (Schaunard), Oren Gradus (Colline), Paul Plishka (Benoit and Alcindoro) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and chorus ; Nicola Luisotti, conductor ; Donald Palumbo, chorus master.

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.

Exempt from classification.

Major funding for Great Performances at the Met is provided by Toll Brothers. Additional funding provided by The Irene Diamond fund, The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund, M. Beverly and Robert G. Bartner, The National Endowment for the Arts, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

DVD-9 ; LPCM stereo ; DTS 5.1 surround ; NTSC ; filmed in high definition ; region free.

Sung in Italian with subtitles in Italian, English, German, French, and Spanish.