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Mar. 29 2014

04/05/14 – La Bohème – 1:00pm

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Metropolitan Opera

La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa

Sung in Italian

Approximate running time 2 hrs. 55 min, two intermissions

boheme_met14Puccini’s moving story of young love is the most performed opera in Met history—and with good reason. Anita Hartig and Barbara Frittoli star as the frail Mimì in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production, with Vittorio Grigolo in the role of her passionate lover, Rodolfo.

Cast/Crew

Conductor: Stefano Ranzani

Mimì: Anita Hartig
Musetta: Susanna Phillips
Rodolfo: Vittorio Grigolo
Marcello: Massimo Cavalletti
Schaunard: Patrick Carfizzi
Colline: Oren Gradus
Benoit/Alcindoro: Donald Maxwell

Production: Franco Zeffirelli
Set Designer: Franco Zeffirelli
Costume Designer: Peter J. Hall
Lighting Designer: Gil Wechsler

Photo credits: Marty Sohl/Corey Weaver/Metropolitan Opera

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