Puccini's La boheme
Catherine Bott explores Puccini's Parisian masterpiece La boheme, with singers Katie van Kooten and Peter Auty. Edward Gardner conducts the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra.
Puccini is revered as one of music's great tunesmiths but as Catherine Bott reveals there is much more to his art. With singers Katie van Kooten and Peter Auty and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner, Catherine Bott examines the final scene of Act One of the opera, and Puccini's artful means of sustaining dramatic narrative through music.
Producer: Chris Wines.
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Puccini: La Boheme
Duration: 42:47
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Giacomo Puccini
La Boheme (final scene Act 1)
Performers: Katie van Kooten, Peter Auty, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)
Broadcasts
- Sun 25 Feb 2007 17:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
- Sun 22 Aug 2010 17:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3