{"product_id":"jonathan-miller-la-boheme","title":"Jonathan Miller: La Boheme","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePuccini's tragic love story is set in the Latin Quarter of Paris among the bohemian students whose hectic gaiety only partially masks the despair and pain that threaten their lives. It remains one of the most popular of all operas with its stark contrasts of lively humor and poignant tragedy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e In this ENO recording by Jonathan Miller, he and designer Isabella Bywater have set Puccini's opera in the Paris of the 1930s, the era of the Depression. Together they have created an unromanticised view of bohemian life, drawing inspiration from the realism and atmosphere caught in the films and sepia-tinted photos of the period. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmerican soprano Melody Moore stars as Mimi with British tenor Alfie Boe as Rodolfo, whose tender love affair is doomed from the start. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'...Miller...observes human behavior in ways that can be immensely telling ' \u003cbr\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 'Miguel Harth-Bedoya draws a superb account of the score from the ENO orchestra: passionate yet supple, evoking the crackle of fire in the garret one minute and the stirrings of love the next.' \u003cbr\u003eEVENING STANDARD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ' Alfie Boe's slightly earnest, boyish charm was through and through honest, from start to tragic finish.....the intensity and truthfulness he communicates is irresistible.' \u003cbr\u003eINDEPENDENT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish National Opera \u003cbr\u003eMusic - Giacomo Puccini \u003cbr\u003eLibretto- Giacosa \u0026amp; Illica \u003cbr\u003eDirector - Jonathan Miller \u003cbr\u003eMarcello - Roland Wood \u003cbr\u003eRodolfo - Alfie Boe \u003cbr\u003eColline - Paul Putnis \u003cbr\u003eSchaunard - David Stout \u003cbr\u003eBenoit - Simon Butteriss \u003cbr\u003eMimi - Melody Moore \u003cbr\u003eParpignol - Phillip Daggett \u003cbr\u003eMusetta - Hanan Alattar \u003cbr\u003eAlcindoro - Richard Angas \u003cbr\u003ePoliceman - Christopher Ross \u003cbr\u003eOfficial - Andrew Tinkler \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe English National Opera Chorus \u003cbr\u003eOrchestra of the ENO\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Dvd","offer_id":45912422908095,"sku":"c2fb8797-2f5c-4dc1-8040-8641e4b90033","price":62.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/bf69d83f616a1c36e3f6dde8d5c2167c.jpg?v=1785008190","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/jonathan-miller-la-boheme","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}