At The Opera, Puccini's La Boheme (live 1963), July 3, 2021
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La bohème is an opera in four acts, composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème (1851) by Henri Murger. The story is set in Paris around 1830, and shows the Bohemian lifestyle of a poor seamstress and her artist friends.
The world premiere of La bohème was in Turin on February 1, 1896 at the Teatro Regio, conducted by the 28-year-old Arturo Toscanini. Since then, La bohème has become part of the standard Italian opera repertory and is one of the most frequently performed operas worldwide.
Cast:
Mimi - Mirella Freni
Rodolfo - Gianni Raimondi
Marcello - Rolando Panerai
Musetta - Hilde Gueden
Schaunard - Giuseppe Taddei
Colline - Ivo Vinco
Vienna State Opera
Herbert von Karajan - conductor
LIVE - Opera D'oro - November 9, 1963
8:00 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
8:12 p.m.
Mirella Freni
Giacomo Puccini
La Boheme (Live in Vienna 1963)
Vienna State Opera Herbert von Karajan
10:38 p.m.
Cesare Siepi
Giuseppe Verdi
Che Mai Vegg'Io... Infelice! E Tu Credevi
; Alberto Erede, conductor
10:41 p.m.
Cesare Siepi
Verdi
Il lacerto spirito - Simon Boccanegra
10:51 p.m.
Leonard Warren
Gounod
O Sainte Medaille; Avant De Quitter Ces Lieux (Valentin's Aria)
10:55 p.m.
Leonard Warren
Trad.
Blow The Man Down
10:59 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Morir! Temenda Cosa!... Uma Fatale Del Mio Destino (Carlo) La Forza Del Destino Verdi; Piave
New Symphony Orchestra of London; Edward Downes, conductor Robert Merrill
11:07 p.m.
George London / Valerie Bak
TchTchaikovsky
Act 3 Duet Eugene Onegin
11:20 p.m.
Aldo Protti with Mario del Monaco
Verdi
Otello Aldo Protti
11:32 p.m.
Tito Gobbi
Cilea
L'Arlesiana; Come due tizzi accesi
11:36 p.m.
Tito Gobbi
Leoncavallo
Zaza - 2 arias
Tito Gobbi
11:40 p.m.
Gian Giacomo Guelfi Franco Corelli Aita Cerquetti
Verdi
la forza and Aida duets
; various, conductor Gian Giacomo Guelfi Franco Corelli Aita Cerquetti
