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Puccini's La bohème

Recorded at the Met, Maria Agresta and Charles Castronovo are the ill-fated, poverty-stricken lovers Mimì and Rodolfo in Puccini's ever-popular, heartstring-tugging opera.

They call her Mimì and in her badly insulated garret her tiny hand is frozen. But it's not long before it (and Mimì) is clasped in the warm embrace of neighbour Rodolfo. As the pretty seamstress and unsuccessful poet fall in love, an ominous cough prefigures an unhappy ending...

This is the 40th anniversary of Franco Zeffirelli's cinematic New York Met production of Puccini's classic tale of joys and sorrows, love and loss among the impoverished arty set of 1830s Paris. Maria Agresta and Charles Castronovo are the ill-fated lovers and Gabriella Reyes and Lucas Meachem play their friends Musetta and Marcello, who persistently fall in and out of love.

Introduced by Debra Lew Harder in conversation with Ira Siff.

Act 1

7.15 pm
Interval 1
Including features, backstage interviews and more.

7.25 pm
Act2

7.40 pm
Interval 2
More from behind the scenes.

8.05 pm
Act 3

8.30 pm
Interval 3
Including the famous Met Quiz with special guest Joseph Calleja.

9.00 pm
Act 4

Mimì ……. Maria Agresta (soprano)
Musetta ……. Gabriella Reyes (soprano)
Rodolfo ……. Charles Castronovo (tenor)
Marcello ……. Lucas Meachem (baritone)
Schaunard ……. Alexander Birch Elliott (baritone)
Colline ……. Peter Kellner (bass)
Benoit/Alcindoro ……. Donald Maxwell (baritone)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Carlo Rizzi (conductor)

Image: © Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera

3 hours, 29 minutes

Last on

Sat 29 Jan 2022 18:30
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Music Played

  • Giacomo Puccini

    La Boheme - Act 1

    Performer: Gabriella Reyes. Performer: Alexander Birch Elliott. Performer: Peter Kellner. Singer: Maria Agresta. Singer: Charles Castronovo. Singer: Donald Maxwell. Choir: New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus. Orchestra: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    La Boheme - Act 2

    Performer: Gabriella Reyes. Performer: Alexander Birch Elliott. Performer: Peter Kellner. Singer: Maria Agresta. Singer: Charles Castronovo. Singer: Donald Maxwell. Choir: New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus. Orchestra: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    La Boheme - Act 3

    Performer: Gabriella Reyes. Performer: Alexander Birch Elliott. Performer: Peter Kellner. Singer: Maria Agresta. Singer: Charles Castronovo. Singer: Donald Maxwell. Choir: New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus. Orchestra: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    La Boheme - Act 4

    Performer: Gabriella Reyes. Performer: Alexander Birch Elliott. Performer: Peter Kellner. Singer: Maria Agresta. Singer: Charles Castronovo. Singer: Donald Maxwell. Choir: New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus. Orchestra: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 13 in C Major, K. 415

    Performer: Ronald Brautigam. Orchestra: Die Kölner Akademie. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 401.

Broadcast

  • Sat 29 Jan 2022 18:30
    Â鶹Éç Radio 3