John Copley’s enduring production of one of the most famously melodious and popular of all operas is a classic of the Royal Opera repertory. With historically accurate designs by Julia Trevelyan Oman and an excellent cast headed by Hibla Gerzmava and Teodor Ilincai, this 2009 revival, in which conductor Andris Nelsons makes a distinguished Royal Opera House debut, does full justice to Puccini’s masterpiece.

Filmed in High Definition and recorded in true surround sound.

1 DISC SET

Rodolfo: Teodor Ilincai

Mimì: Hibla Gerzmava Marcello: Gabriele Viviani

Musetta: Inna Dukach Colline: Kostas Smoriginas

Schaunard: Jacques Imbrailo Benoit: Jeremy White

Alcindoro: Donald Maxwell

Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Conductor: Andris Nelsons Director: John Copley

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, in December 2009

Extra features:

Cast gallery

Interview with Jonathan Copley

Interview with Andris Nelsons

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"[Ilincai] gave a thoroughly assured and engaging performance. ... Sumptuously sung, Gerzmava’s portrayal was sensitive and wellrounded – timid yet warm and attractive in her first scene with Rodolfo, intimate rather than melodramatic in her final death-bed moments." Classical Source