Puccini: La Bohème

2 CD | FLAC + CUE | Covers | 455 Mb

2008 | Deutsche Grammophone

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The world, arguably, didn't need another complete recording of Puccini's La bohème (there are 84 currently available) but if opera's most charismatic couple – Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazon – record it, it's worth exploring. She is lovely, as ever, creating a fragile, if willful Mimi, and he is the very picture of young, ardent love, infusing every word and note with meaning and what seems like spontaneity. If Nicole Cabell's Musetta is a bit bland then Boaz Daniel's light-voiced, energetic Marcello more than makes up for it. Bertrand de Billy leads a warm, loving reading, with the comic moments truly charming and the intimate moments very personal. One gets the feeling that there's a better performance of this opera in each of the two leads, but their fans – and there are millions - will not be able to resist this. The performance of choice remains the Pavarotti/Freni/Karajan recording. -- Robert Levine

. . . the central duo and the fine conductor are excellent reasons for sampling this performance . . . Netrebko sings with expansive, gleaming tone . . . The jewel of the set is Villazón's impassioned Rodolfo, a portrayal of overwhelming generosity of spirit . . .

Record Review / Hugh Canning, The Sunday Times (London) / 11. May 2008

. . . Rolando Villazón is magnificent, by turns ardent and angry and there's a stream of bright golden tone in a ringing 'O soave fanciulla' . . . Bertrand de Billy and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra make Puccini's score as fresh as a new coat of paint . . .

Record Review / Christopher Cook, BBC Music Magazine (London) / 01. May 2008

Anna Netrebko, Mimi

Nicole Cabell, Musetta

Rolando Villazon, Rodolfo

Boaz Daniel, Marcello

Stephane Degout, Schaunard

Vitalij Kowaljow, Colline

Bayerischen Rundfunks

Bertrand De Billy (Conductor)

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