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	Puccini - La Boheme / Neil Shicoff, Ileana Cotrubas, Thomas Allen, Marilyn Zschau, Gwynne Howell, Lamberto Gardelli, Covent Garden Opera starring Neil Shicoff, Brian Donlan, John Gibbs, Yevgeni Nesterenko
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Product Details Aspect Ratio 1.33:1 Audience Rating NR (Not Rated) EAN 9780769780245 Format Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC ISBN 0769780245 Manufacturer Kultur Video Number Of Items 1 Region Code 1 Release Date December 20, 2005 Running Time 117 minutes Studio Kultur Video Theatrical Release Date 1982 UPC 032031228795 Availability Usually ships in 24 hours Product Description The Royal Opera, Covent Garden. Puccini's tragic love story is set in the Latin Quarter of Paris among the bohemian students whose hectic gaiety only partially masks the despair and pain that threaten their lives. It remains one of the most popular of all operas with its stark contrasts of lively humour and poignant tragedy. This recording of the well-known Covent Garden production by John Copley, in Julia Trevelyan Oman's authentic settings, stars Romanian soprano Ileana Cotrubas and American tenor Neil Shicoff as Mimì and Rodolfo, whose tender love affair is doomed from the start. 'It is only when one sees and hears a performance so truthful and genuinely musical as that…at Covent Garden under Lamberto Gardelli's secure and loving direction, that the wonder of the score's unerringly poised structure is fully realised' DAILY TELEGRAPH Of Ileana Cotrubas: '…just the right voice for this role. There is a touch of ineffable sadness to her singing - it is singing with, as it were, tears on it' THE LISTENER Of Neil Shicoff: '…his Rodolfo was much more than a mere tenor. One could believe in him as a sensitive writer in a wretched environment, showing Mimì his work, involved with her, undergoing ecstasy, torment and grief as a real person' THE STAGE Music by Giacomo Puccini, Mimì: Ileana Cotrubas, Rodolfo: Neil Shicoff, Marcello: Thomas Allen, Musetta: Marilyn Zschau, Colline: Gwynne Howell. With The Royal Opera Chorus and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Conductor Lamberto Gardelli. Program language: Italian with Subtitles in English / French / German / Italian / Portuguese / Spanish / Japanese. Customers who bought this item also bought Verdi - La Traviata Puccini - Turandot / Franco Zeffirelli - Marton, Domingo, Mitchell, Plishka, Cuenod - James Levine, MET (1988) Puccini - Manon Lescaut / Sinopoli, Domingo, Te Kanawa, Allen, Royal Opera Covent Garden Gaetano Donizetti - La Fille du regiment / Dessay, Florez, Palmer, Corbelli, French, Campanella, Pelly (Royal Opera House 2007) Puccini - La Boheme / Pavarotti, Scotto, Niska, Wixell, Plishka, Levine, Metropolitan Opera Customer Reviews for: Puccini - La Boheme / Neil Shicoff, Ileana Cotrubas, Thomas Allen, Marilyn Zschau, Gwynne Howell, Lamberto Gardelli, Covent Garden Opera Rating - OTHERS WILL EQUAL, NONE WILL BETTER THIS PRODUCTION THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS. BRIAN LARGE DOES A SUPERB DIRECTING JOB IN A 1982 COVENT GARDEN LA BOHEME WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER AS GOOD A GROUP OF SINGING ACTORS AS ONE WILL FIND WITHIN PERFECTLY DESIGNED SETS TO MAKE FOR AN OPERA IN WHICH EVERY MOMENT IS ALIVE WITH THE APPROPRIATE EMOTIONS. IT WOULD BE PILING IT ON, SO TO SPEAK, TO DETAIL THE STRENGTHS OF EACH PARTICIPANT BUT ONE MUST MENTION THAT ILEANA COTRUBAS MAKES EVERY WORD, SPOKEN AND SUNG, AN INTIMATE PART OF HER CHARACTERIZATION, NEIL SHICOFF, THEN QUITE NEW TO THE ... Read More Rating - Excellent production with one small cavil Five stars for the production - a truly exquisite cast (I've adored Ileana Cortubas ever since experiencing the Glyndebourne dream cast version of Le Nozze di Figaro.) However, there is a caveat regarding subtitles. I don't know if it's something universal for opera dvds or just Kultur video productions (I didn't have this issue with the aforementioned Arthaus Musik dvd.) And it's really only a minor cavil, since I'm not an opera buff just an enthusiastic neophyte. My problem was that the subtitles were insufficient - sometimes ... Read More Rating - adding to the chorus of praise This Royal Opera La Boheme is sterling in every way. Shicoff and Cotrubas are complete musicians first and foremost, and the singing is unconquerable. Neil Shicoff is one of the great tenors of his or any musical age, and his unfailing musicianship makes his singing beautiful beyond many others of more fabled estate. Perhaps no other singer (except Caballe and Ludwig) was more loved by orchestral musicians than Ileana Cotrubas, in equal measure for her impeccable musicianship and an unforgettable voice that carries a glow of tragedy ... Read More Rating - Beautiful sung and drmatically very moving! Owned this stunningly sung Boheme on VHS and now finally it makes its glorious way to dvd. Caught in their absolute prime, Cotrubas and Schicoff are deeply moving as they soar in their musical lovemaking. A Gem. Sets are wonderfully traditional. No subways, tunnels, interplanetary travel to contend with. Thomas Allen stands out with honors along with Marilyn Zschau to complete an unbeatable quartet. The Royal Opera House orchestra under Gardelli are an aural treat. Opera on DVD has come of Age and not soon enough. At least grab the ... Read More see more reviews See all movies starring Neil Shicoff, Brian Donlan, John Gibbs, Yevgeni Nesterenko

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