La Bohème, Met, New York 10. Mar 2010

Sixth performance of the run of "La Bohème" at the Met starring Anna Netrebko as Mimi and Piotr Beczala as Rodolfo. This is also the first performance of the second cast for some of the main roles, with Ruth Ann Swenson as Musetta, George Petean making his Met debut as Marcello and Patrick Carfizzi as Schaunard.

La Bohème
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Text in Italian by Giuseppe Giacosa und Luigi Illica, based on Henry Murger's novel "Scènes de la Vie de Bohème"

Metropolitan Opera House, New York 10. Mar 2010

Production
Production: Franco Zeffirelli
Set designer: Franco Zeffirelli
Costume designer: Peter J. Hall
Lighting designer: Gil Wechsler
Stage director: J. Knighten Smit

Cast
Mimi: Anna Netrebko
Musetta: Ruth Ann Swenson
Rodolfo: Piotr Beczala
Marcello: George Petan
Schaunard: Patrick Carfizzi
Colline: Oren Gradus
Benoît: Paul Plishka
Alcindoro: Paul Plishka
Parpignol: Daniel Clark Smith
Sergeant: Jason Hendrix
Officer: Joseph Turi

Musical Direction: Marco Armiliato
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera

About the Opera
Opera Background
Characters
About the Composer
Story and Music
Synopsis

Broadcasts
The performances on 24., 27. February and 2., 10., 17. March, are broadcast live on the Metropolitan Opera Radio on Sirius channel 78 and XM channel 79. The Saturday matinee performance on 27. February is also broadcast live over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network. The performances on 24. February and 10. March, are streamed live via RealNetworks internet streaming on the Met website.

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