La Bohème
METROPOLITAN OPERA RADIO BROADCAST OF SATURDAY, MAY 6, 2023, 1:00 P.M. (ET)
Music by GIACOMO PUCCINI
Libretto by GIUSEPPE GIACOSA and LUIGI ILLICA, based on the novel Scènes de la Vie de Bohème by Henri Murger
The Café Momus on Christmas Eve in Franco Zeffirelli’s Met staging of La Bohème
© Evan Zimmerman/Met Opera
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| Marcello | baritone, DAVIDE LUCIANO |
| Rodolfo | tenor, STEPHEN COSTELLO |
| Colline | bass-baritone, CHRISTIAN VAN HORN |
| Schaunard | baritone, ALEXEY LAVROV |
| Benoit | baritone, DONALD MAXWELL |
| Mimì | soprano, ELEONORA BURATTO |
| Parpignol | tenor, GREGORY WARREN |
| Alcindoro | baritone, DONALD MAXWELL |
| Musetta | soprano, SYLVIA D’ERAMO |
| Customhouse Sergeant | bass, TYLER SIMPSON |
| Customhouse Officer | bass, ROSS BENOLIEL |
| Conducted by YANNICK NÉZET-SÉGUIN | |
| The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra The Metropolitan Opera Chorus |
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| Production: Franco Zeffirelli Set Designer: Franco Zeffirelli Costume Designer: Peter J. Hall Lighting Designer: Gil Wechsler Revival Stage Director: Mirabelle Ordinaire Chorus Master: Donald Palumbo Musical Preparation: Donna Racik, John Keenan, Bradley Moore, and Liora Maurer Assistant Stage Directors: J. Knighten Smit and Paula Suozzi Associate Designer: David Reppa Stage Band Conductor: Bradley Moore Children’s Chorus Director: Anthony Piccolo Italian Diction Coach: Nicolò Sbuelz Prompter: Donna Racik |
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| Production a gift of Mrs. Donald D. Harrington | |
| Revival a gift of C. Graham Berwind, III and the Metropolitan Opera Club |
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| The Met is grateful to C. Graham Berwind, III for sponsoring the refurbishment of the La Bohème sets |
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TIMINGS (ET) |
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| ACTS I and II | 1:00-2:05 |
| INTERMISSION | |
| ACT III | 2:40–3:10 |
| INTERMISSION | |
| ACT IV | 3:35–4:05 |
| Host: Debra Lew Harder Commentator: Ira Siff Music Producer: Tim Martyn Producers: Ellen Keel, John Bischoff, William Berger, and Natalie Renfro Executive Producers: Mia Bongiovanni and Elena Park |
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