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Puccini - La Boheme [The Metropolitan Opera HD Live 2008] [DVD]

Puccini - La Boheme [The Metropolitan Opera HD Live 2008] [DVD]

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Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Actors: Angela Gheorghiu, Ainhoa Arteta, Ramon Vargas, Ludovic Tezier, Nicola Luisotti
Studio: EMI Classics
Category: DVD

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars reviews
Sales Rank: 5,621

Format: Classical, Colour, DVD-Video, PAL
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Exempt
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

MPN: 5099921741791
EAN: 5099921741791
ASIN: B001DHE9KG

Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: September 15, 2008
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5 out of 5 stars In general high quality and most important, very touching.   August 3, 2009
Po Yu Sung (UK)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful

MET gave a series of very high quality live opera video for cinema/TV boardcast. Il Barbiere is one, here we have another one.
This production is not totally new but it looks like a new one because the color is so fresh and framing is very professional as a movie.

Vargas was a cute big boy and has a really lovely voice. Gheorghiu was the star of the night. Her voice was a bit too heavy for ActI and she was a bit overacting when singing her aria, however she was so beautiful and very convincing in later duet. She and this production show that Mimi is not a simple mind girl, but an brave woman who dares to love and to ask for love, even til last minute of life. In the later acts she was perfect and really touching. Her acting in 4th act was heartbreaking.

Among all videos of this opera my favorite is 1979 La Scala one under C. Kleiber's conducting. However that video doesn't have good enough sound and screen quality, not to mention you can't really get that from Amazon. For other videos, some are too old style, some are good singing but bad production... This one is in general the highest quality one.
Whether you are already an opera fan or a new person, this video can give you a lot of fun (or tears because of being touched).


5 out of 5 stars La Boheme   May 23, 2009
Mrs. Sheila J. Buividas
17 out of 18 found this review helpful

I assumed that Angela Gheorghiu singing the role of Mimi would be enough to carry the production through, no matter who took the role of Rudolfo... in this case Ramon Vargas. I underestimated! Between them they, and not forgetting the rest of the cast, give a heart-rending performance that leaves the viewer as emotionally exhausted as they all obviously are at the end of the final act. Bravo! Magnificent! Puccini would approve.


4 out of 5 stars Splendid, but with reservations   December 7, 2009
Brian Barratt (Melbourne, Australia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Angela Gheorghiu was about 43 when this recording was made. The only indication of this, for viewers of the DVD, is in the close-ups. Her voice and acting are simply superb. She presents a Mimi we haven't seen before. Not the weak girl from upstairs but a young woman with a will and a measure of wile. Wonderful.

Ramon Vargas seemed to be a little uncertain at first and his facial expressions seemed occasionally to be inapt, but his sweet tenor voice blossomed beautifully. It is, however, rather disconcerting to see two very overweight young men among the starving tenants of a garret. This is a performance during which one has to suspend disbelief!

The sets by Zeffirelli are superb, as one can expect from the master. It's pity that the Met's robotic cameras, moving silently along the front of the stage, gave us so many upward-looking views during the first Act.

I wasn't at all sure about the crowd scene. Impressive, yes, but methinks the stage was overpopulated for the sake of impressing the audience. Perhaps I'm wrong -- it would be interesting to hear what others have to say about that aspect of the production.

Another small point that worried me was the balance of sound. I have a pretty good Kenwood "home theatre" system but most of the singing seemed to come from the right hand side. This was confirmed by the movement of the main speaker on the right. I'll have to view the opera again, with great pleasure, in order to see if I'm right about this.

The occasional shots of back-stage activity and scenery moving were really very interesting and informative, too. It's a pity that the Met and Lincoln Center websites have very little information about that remarkable stage.

With just those small reservations, I heartily recommend this DVD. And, as someone else has written, have a box of tissues handy.




5 out of 5 stars Is this the definitive version of La Boheme?   February 13, 2009
E. Rowntree (Northumberland UK)
21 out of 25 found this review helpful

Puccini - La Boheme [The Metropolitan Opera HD Live 2008]I have several versions of this opera and in my opinion this illustrates the character of Mimi and Rudolfo better than any other version I have seen. "A Must Have" for lovers of opera.


5 out of 5 stars Great Success   January 13, 2010
Marina (Suffolk, England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is the best production of La Boheme in my view. The scenery of Paris is very impressive and real, emotions and passion of the great singers Angela Gheorghiu and Ramón Vargas make the opera very romantic. This Metropolitan Opera production is a real success.

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