Giacomo Puccini - La Boh?me / Francesca Zambello ? Tiziano Severini - M. Freni ? L. Pavarotti ? San Francisco Opera
by Brian Large
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Actor: Gino Quilico, Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Stephen DicksonDirector: Brian Large
Writer: Giuseppe Giacosa
Writer: Luigi Illica
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: Italian (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled)
Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-11-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kultur Video
Movie Reviews of Giacomo Puccini - La Boh?me / Francesca Zambello ? Tiziano Severini - M. Freni ? L. Pavarotti ? San Francisco Opera
Movie Review: My Favorite
Summary: 5 Stars
This DVD was purchased as a gift and the recipient is as thrilled with it as I have been. I have watched it many times and will never get tired of watching it. Pavarotti and Freni are wonderful, as is the rest of the cast. It is considered his 'signature' opera.
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Summary of Giacomo Puccini - La Boh?me / Francesca Zambello ? Tiziano Severini - M. Freni ? L. Pavarotti ? San Francisco Opera
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. The legendary and incomparable partnership of Mirella Freni and Luciano Pavarotti as the two lovers has been captured in this special live recording from stage of the San Francisco Opera. Brian Large has adapted Francesca Zambello's production for the video, further illuminating the fascinating interaction of Puccini's deeply human characters. Gino Quilico sings Marcello, the colorful and moody painter, whose tempestuous relationship with the flirtatious Musetta (sung by Sandra Pacetti), comically mirrors the more profound love of Rodolfo and Mimi. Nicolai Ghiaurov sings Colline. "Luciano Pavarotti and Mirella Freni turned in incandescent performances as Puccini's young lovers."--San Francisco TimesIn 1989 when this production was taped, Luciano Pavarotti and Mirella Freni had already enjoyed long, distinguished careers. In other words, they were considerably older than La Boh?me's romantic young couple, Mimi and Rodolfo. If you find this consideration important, it might be wise to skip this Boh?me and invest instead in the bright, youthful, and energetic Sydney Opera production or the visually striking 1998 Metropolitan Opera production. So far, La Boh?me has fared better on DVD than any other opera, and the San Francisco Boh?me faces serious competition.
But this is a vintage production deserving attention on its own merits. As a matter of survival, veteran singers learn how to make experience compensate for the loss of youth, and Freni and Pavarotti are outstanding examples of how this can be done. They are aided by a sensitive stage director, a visual treatment responsive to the opera's changing moods, and an expert supporting cast deeply involved with the story and the music. They fit convincingly in roles with which they have been living for decades; both are still in good vocal condition, and the emotions are convincingly conveyed. In the supporting cast, note the excellent performances of Gino Quilico and Nicolai Ghiaurov. --Joe McLellan
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