Puccini's La Boheme from the Chorégies d'Orange Festival
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Théâtre antique d'Orange in southern France.
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In celebration of Valentine's Day, this week World of Opera presents what many consider the greatest "date opera" ever written. Puccini's La Boheme comes to us from a venue that lives up to its name: The Théâtre Antique in in Orange, southern France, is an ancient Roman theater dating all the way back to the first century A.D.
Cast:
Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
Mimi: Inva Mula
Rodolfo: Vittorio Grigolo
Musetta: Nicola Beller Carbone
Marcello: Ludovic Tézier
Colline: Marco Spotti
Schaunard/Benoit: Lionel Lhote
Alcindoro/Parpignol: Jean-Pierre Frémeau
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
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