2nd February
Concert will begin at 16:55 hours GMT
Puccini's 'La Bohème' with Pavone, Battistelli, Albelo, Arduini & Gabba from Venice
Puccini's 'La Bohème' is an opera to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger, a collection of vignettes portraying young bohemians living in the Latin Quarter of Paris in the 1840s. Although usually called a novel, it has no unified plot. Like the 1849 play by Murger and Théodore Barrière, the opera's libretto focuses on the relationship between Rodolfo and Mimì, ending with her death.
Performers: Rodolfo: Celso Albelo. Marcello: Alessio Arduini. Schaunard: Armando Gabba. Colline: Adolfo Corrado. Benoit/Alcindoro: Matteo Ferrara. Mimì: Claudia Pavone. Musetta: Mariam Battistelli.
Teatro La Fenice Children's Choir, Choir and Orchestra. Conductor: Stefano Ranzani.
Live.
Rai Radio 3