A young cast thrills in a new production of La bohème

'The Royal Opera glows with warmth. Antonio Pappano is in his element relishing every detail in Puccini's score slipping into the Act 1 duet for Rodolfo and Mimi as if we'd never heard it before.'

Puccini

La bohème (DVD)

Michael Fabiano, Nicole Car, Simona Mihai, Mariusz Kwiecien, Luca Tittoto, Florian Sempey; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Antonio Pappano; dir. Richard Jones (London, 2017)

Opus Arte DVD: OA 1272 D
Blu-ray: OA BD7248 D 111 mins

Freya Parr

Published: October 30, 2018 at 12:11 pm

'The Royal Opera glows with warmth. Antonio Pappano is in his element relishing every detail in Puccini's score slipping into the Act 1 duet for Rodolfo and Mimi as if we'd never heard it before.'

Puccini

La bohème (DVD)

Michael Fabiano, Nicole Car, Simona Mihai, Mariusz Kwiecien, Luca Tittoto, Florian Sempey; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Antonio Pappano; dir. Richard Jones (London, 2017)

Opus Arte DVD: OA 1272 D Blu-ray: OA BD7248 D 111 mins

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Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.

A young cast thrills in a new production of La bohème

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