Giacomo Puccini - La Boh?me / Franco Zeffirelli ? James Levine - T. Stratas ? R. Scotto ? J. Carreras ? MET

Giacomo Puccini - La Boh?me / Franco Zeffirelli ? James Levine - T. Stratas ? R. Scotto ? J. Carreras ? MET
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Actor: Allan Monk, Josep Carreras, Renata Scotto, Richard Stilwell (III), Teresa Stratas
Director: Kirk Browning
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: Italian (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled)
Format: Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 141 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-08-04
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]

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Movie Review: Not for the average joe.
Summary: 1 Stars

I like Butterfly and Carmine but this Puccini pinches.
For the diehead this may do. Not aye said the little brown rooster.
The girl is funny looking, if you know what I mean.

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Summary of Giacomo Puccini - La Boh?me / Franco Zeffirelli ? James Levine - T. Stratas ? R. Scotto ? J. Carreras ? MET

Few operas enjoy the widespread popularity of Puccini's La Boheme. In the Metropolitan's more than one hundred years only Aida has received more performances, although La Boheme was not even premiered there until 1900. For this Metropolitan Opera production Franco Zeffirelli designed both sets and costumes of extraordinary realism and beauty. Perhaps even more astounding is Zeffirelli's direction that mirrors the music so closely in the action taking place on stage. Appearances by: Richard Stilwell, Jose Carreras, James Morris, Allan Monk, Italo Tajo, Teresa Stratas, Dale Caldwell, Renata Scotto, Glen Bater, and James Brewer.Conductor: James Levine

The first recording of Puccini's La Boh?me to be issued on DVD is the best visual treatment of this opera that anyone's ever likely to see. Director Franco Zeffirelli always seems to have television in mind when he directs an opera production, and his orientation toward visual impact and acting skills comes across effectively. Teresa Stratas (Zeffirelli's soprano of choice in one unforgettable production after another) is totally convincing as Mimi, and Jos? Carreras is nearly as impressive as Rodolfo--most notably in the frequent closeups where acting skills are most crucial. Renata Scotto's Musetta is properly flirtatious, fickle, and verbally violent in Acts?II and III, and warmly sympathetic in the heartbreaking finale. The supporting cast is superbly chosen and directed. There have been slightly better voices in some other Boh?mes (Pavarotti, for example), but the solo singing here is good, the chorus and orchestra are wonderful, and the visual treatment is magnificent. This should be considered a first choice among available DVDs. An interesting alternative is the fresh, innovative Australian Opera production, directed by Baz Luhrmann and updated to the 1950s. --Joe McLellan

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