Description |
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color, ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
Note |
Title from disc surface. |
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Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, after Henry Murger's novel Scènes de la vie de Bohème. |
Performer |
Cheryl Barker (Mimì); David Hobson (Rodolfo); Roger Lemke (Marcello); Christine Douglas (Musetta); Gary Rowley (Colline); David Lemke (Schaunard); Opera Australia Children's Chorus; Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Julian Smith, conductor. |
Credits |
Director, Baz Luhrmann; designers, Catherine Martin, Bill Marron. |
Event |
Recorded live at the Sydney Opera House. |
Note |
Originally produced in 1993. |
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Dolby stereo. |
System Details |
DVD format. |
Summary |
This bittersweet opera about high-spirited bohemians and the doomed love between Rodolfo, the idealistic poet, and Mimì, the consumptive flower-maker, is a beautifully balanced series of tableaux depicting the infectious joie de vivre of youth and the tragic waste of disease and separation. |
Language |
Sung in Italian with English subtitles. |
Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Added Author |
Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906, librettist.
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Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919, librettist.
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Barker, Cheryl, performer.
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Hobson, David, 1960- performer.
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Lemke, Roger, performer.
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Douglas, Christine, performer.
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Rowley, Gary, performer.
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Lemke, David, performer.
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Smith, Julian, 1944- conductor.
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Luhrmann, Baz, director.
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Martin, Catherine, 1965-
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Marron, Bill.
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Murger, Henri, 1822-1861.
Scènes de la vie de Bohème.
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Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Bohème.
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Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, performer.
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Opera Australia, performer.
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Reiner Moritz Associates.
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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Note |
At head of title: Baz Luhrmann's production of Puccini's La bohème |
Music No. |
ID1918RADVD RM Associates |
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