La Boheme, The Film. Interview to Anna Netrebko and Preview of the Film

La Bohème, The Film, starring Anna Netrebko as Mimi and Rolando Villazón as Rodolfo and directed by Robert Dornhelm, will premiere on Great Performances Series on PBS on 23. December 2009.

Senior Publicist Jitin Hingorani has been chatting with Anna Netrebko about her experience shooting the film, her recent pregnancy, and her ideas on how opera has changed over the years. This is the interview:


Here there is a preview of the film:

Robert Dornhelm's film La Bohème Premiere in Wien on 8. October 2008

Robert Dornhelm's new film La Bohème, starring Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón, will be at the movies theaters in Austria and Germany on October 2008. The premiere will take place in Wien on 8. October 2008. The film will be at the movies theatres in Austria on 10. October 2008 and in Germany on 23. October 2008.

Film version of Carmen with Elina Garanca, Rolando Villazón and Anna Netrebko

Robert Dornhelm, director of the movie version of Puccini's La Bohème with Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón in the leading roles, said that he had never imagined how strong and intensely the interplay performance of Anna and Rolando could be. The film will be presented at the Film Festival of Cannes this year.

After such a great experience, Dornhelm is currently planning the filming of a movie version of Bizet's Carmen with Elina Garanca, Rolando Villazón and Anna Netrebko in the leading roles. Dornhelm did not give a name for Escamillo. Let me suggest one. What about Dmitri Hvorostovsky?

„Die Emotion ist der Motor“, OÖ Nachrichten 21. March 2008

Thanks to blog visitor Rock in the Pond for the information

Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón are shooting a movie version of La Bohème in Wien

Since 1. February, Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón are shooting a movie version of Puccini's "La Bohème" in Wien, directed by Robert Dornhelm.

Anna will be working on the shooting until the end of February. In a statement Anna said that she does not pretends to be a typical Mimi in this movie.

Soprano Anna Netrebko realiza rol principal en versión cinematográfica de "La Bohème", La Tercera, 8. February 2008

Wide coverage of the shooting of Puccini's "La Bohème" in Austrian press:

Ein heißer Flirt mit der Kamera, Anna Gasteiger, Kurier 19. February 2008

La Bohème: „Schlimm genug, dass sie singen“, Daniela Tomasovsky, Die Presse 19. February 2008

Der Tod dauert immer 15 Minuten, Claus Philipp, Der Standard/Printausgabe 20. February 2008

Ein Tag mit Anna Netrebko, Christoph Hirschmann, oe24.at 21. February 2008

La Bohème kommt noch heuer ins Kino, Theresa Steininger, oe24.at 21. February 2008

ÖSTERREICH beim "Bohéme"-Dreh mit Anna Netrebko, Christoph Hirschmann, oe24.at 21. February 2008

So schön stirbt Anna Netrebko im Film, Bild.de 22. February 2008

Videoclip from ORF 2 (06:15) Download

Thanks to the regular blog visitor Rock in the Pond for providing some of the links. Thanks to the blog visitor Georg for uploading and providing the download link of the videoclip.

Updated on 22. February 2008