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Giancarlo del Monaco’s cinematic production of Puccini’s popular masterpiece takes its place among the great interpretations of modern times. Jesús López Cobos directs an outstanding cast, led by Inva Mula and Aquiles Machado as Mimi and Rodolfo, in a landmark recording filmed with High Definition cameras and in true surround sound.
Mimì: Inva Mula
Musetta: Laura Giordano
Rodolfo: Aquiles Machado
Marcello: Fabio Maria Capitanucci
Schaunard: David Menéndez
Colline: Felipe Bou
Parpignol: Gonzalo Fernández de Terán
Benoît: Juan Tomás MartÃnez
Alcindoro: Alfredo Mariotti
Customs Seargeant: Federico Gallar
Customs Officer: Mario Villoria
Street Seller: Francisco Pardo
Chorus & Orchestra of the Teatro Real
(Madrid Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)
Conductor: Jesús López Cobos
Stage Director: Giancarlo del Monaco
TV Director: Robin Lough
Recorded live at the Teatro Real, Madrid on 20th, 23rd and 25th March 2006.
Reviews
‘This Bohème is a glorious vindication of traditional staging at its imaginative, re-creative best. …a hum dinger of a production, beautifully set by Michael Scott in period, fast-moving and full of pertinent detail … eloquent and lively playing from the Madrid Symphony, …Centre-stage is Inva Mula’s appealing, vulnerable and intensely sung Mimì…She sings with finely shaped and expressive phrasing.’ Gramophone
