Puccini: La Boheme / Norwegian National Opera
) | Label: EPCD Catalog: PUCCINI, GIACOMO Format: BLU RAY Puccini: La Bohème 2012 Oslo Opera House Diego Torre (Rodolfo), Vasilij Ladjuk (Marcello), Marita Sølberg (Mimì), Jennifer Rowley (Musetta), Giovanni Battista Parodi (Colline), Shane Lowrencev (Schaunard) & Svein Erik Sagbråten (Benoit/Parpignol/Alcindoro/Toll Gate Keeper/Death) Norwegian National Opera Chorus, Norwegian National Opera Children’s Chorus & Norwegian National Opera Orchestra, Eivind Gullberg Jensen (conductor) & Stefan Herheim (director)Set & Costume Designer Heike Scheele Lighting Designer Anders Poll Dramaturgy Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach Stefan Herheim, one of the worlds’ most sought after operatic directors, superimposes the modern over the traditional in this dramatic and thought provoking new version of Puccini’s La bohème. Freedom, love, and even death all demand a price that must be paid and the opera opens with Mimì (Marita Sølberg) dying of cancer in a modern intensive care unit; the overture begins just after the ECG machine displays its unmistakable flat green line. With Norway’s internationally renowned Eivind Gullberg Jensen conducting, the production reaches superb heights of operatic drama.  Price: $57.98 |