La Bohème / by Giacomo Puccini ; written by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, based on a novel written by Henry Murger ; screenplay by Robert Dornhelm ; produced by Jan Mojto, Kurt J. Mrkwicka, Jeffrey D. Vanderveen ; directed by Robert Dornhelm ; an Unitel, MR Film production.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906, librettist.

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919, librettist.

Dornhelm, Robert, screenwriter, director.

Mojto, Jan, producer.

Mrkwicka, Kurt J., producer.

Vanderveen, Jeffrey D., producer.

Netrebko, Anna, performer.

Villazón, Rolando, performer.

Bergen, George von, actor.

Daniel, Boaz, performer.

Cabell, Nicole, performer.

Kowaljow, Vitalij, performer.

Eröd, Adrian, performer.

Degout, Stéphane, performer.

Billy, Bertrand de, conductor.

Reichmann, Florian, 1957- designer.

Fessler, Uli, 1946- costume designer.

Kindler, Walter, director of photography.

Murger, Henri, 1822-1861.

Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH, production personnel.

Mrkwicka Film, production personnel.

Bayerischer Rundfunk. Orchester, performer.

Bayerischer Rundfunk. Chor, performer.

Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz. Kinderchor, performer.

Kultur International Films

J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Operas.

Genre:

Operas.

Feature films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2009]

Language Note:

Sung in Italian, with English subtitles.

System Details:

DVD; picture format: 2.35:1 (film); 16:9 (special features); Dolby 2.0 and 5.1.

digital

optical

mixed

Dolby

video file

DVD video

Participant:

Anna Netrebko (Mimi) ; Rolando Villazón (Rodolfo) ; George von Bergen/Boaz Daniel (Marcello) ; Nicole Cabell (Musetta) ; Vitalij Kowaljow (Colline) ; Adrian Eröd/Stéphane Degout (Schaunard) ; with supporting performers ; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Kinderchor des Stadttheaters am Gärtnerplatz ; Bertrand de Billy, conductor.

Credits:

Production designer, Florian Reichmann ; costume desiger, Uli Fessler ; director of photography, Walter Kindler.

Notes:

Opera in 4 acts.

Soundtrack recorded Apr. 2007, Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich.

Bonus material: interviews with Robert Dornhelm, Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Nicole Cabell, and George von Bergen; the making of La Bohème; trailer; stills gallery.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

Related Work:

Murger, Henri, 1822-1861. Scènes de la vie de Bohème http://viaf.org/viaf/178609892

Contains:

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Bohème.

ISBN:

9780769789194

0769789196

OCLC:

450023918

Publisher Number:

032031460195

D4601 Kultur