opera notebook
some operas I have seen on videoPuccini, La Bohème (1896)
Metropolitan Opera, New York, 2014
- Conductor: Stefano Ranzani
- Director & Set Designer: Franco Zeffirelli
- Mimì: Kristine Opolais
- Rodolfo: Vittorio Grigolo
- Musetta: Susanna Phillips
- Marcello: Massimo Cavalletti
The famous matinee broadcast where Kristine Opolais stepped in to sing Mimì at the last moment, having just appeared as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly the night before.