Giacomo Puccini La Bohème

Anna Netrebko Piotr Beczala Nino Machaidze Massimo Cavalletti

Daniele Gatti Wiener Philharmoniker Giacomo Puccini For the first time in its long history, the performs Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème in the Great Festival Hall, offering a unique and rare music highlight.

Anna Netrebko wins acclaim yet again in the lead role, giving a Conductor “deeply melancholic reading of Mimi”, according to the Frankfurter Orchestra Wiener Philharmoniker Allgemeine Zeitung. “Netrebko’s lush voice, perfect intonation, Chorus Konzertvereinigung Wiener masterful control and passionate interpretations are always a Staatsopernchor treat,” writes the San Francisco Chronicle. Completing the dream Salzburger Festspiele und couple she has Piotr Beczala at her side, whose rock-solid tenor Theater Kinderchor voice keeps you with him at every turn. “Empathetic” according to Chorus Masters Ernst Raffelsberger Die Presse, “a heroically elegant partner for the soprano” wrote the Wolfgang Götz Süddeutsche Zeitung. The protagonists are supported by a cheeky Nino Machaidze as Musetta and a strong male ensemble headed Rodolfo Piotr Beczala up by a resourceful Alessio Arduini, who won acclaim for his Mimì Anna Netrebko “concise baritone” (Die Welt). Daniele Gatti conducting the Vienna Marcello Massimo Cavalletti Philharmonic ensured “shimmering transparency of sound ... and Musetta Nino Machaidze Italian style” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) and “reveals the orchestral Schaunard Alessio Arduini sound, bringing the tone colours to full glow” wrote the Frankfurter Colline Carlo Colombara Allgemeine Zeitung enthusiastically. “Under his baton, members Benoît Davide Fersini of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra delivered a masterful Alcindoro Peter Kálmán interpretation of Puccini’s rich score,” was the verdict of the San Parpignol Paul Schweinester Francisco Chronicle. Parpignol (Artist) Steven Forster Costums Sergeant Liviu Gheorghe Burz The promising Italian director achieves a great Costums Official Michael Wilder Salzburg debut with his modern, anti-consumerist reinterpretation A Street Vendor Martin Müller of Puccini’s gem. The striking staging gives a moving impression of the loneliness of characters in the Paris artistic world of today. Staged by Damiano Michieletto Accentuated by Paolo Fantin’s surrealistic scenery, this production cannot fail to affect its audience. Video Director Brian Large

Length approx. 120'

Shot in HDTV 1080 Cat. no. A04001582

A co-production of UNITEL, NHK, ORF and ZDF

in cooperation with Wiener Philharmoniker, folder: luebbeke.com Salzburg Festival and CLASSICA

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