Puccini: La bohème - The Home of Opera

CD1

1. La Boheme, Act 1: "Questo Mar Rosso Mi Ammollisce E Assidera" (Marcello, Rodolfo, Colline)
2. La Boheme, Act 1: "Abbasso, Abbasso L'autore!" (Marcello, Colline, Rodolfo, Schaunard)
3. La Boheme, Act 1: "Si Puo? - Chi E La?" (Benoit, Marcello, Schaunard, Colline, Rodolfo)
4. La Boheme, Act 1: "Al Quartiere Latin CI Attende Momus" (Schaunard, Marcello, Rodolfo, Colline)
5. La Boheme, Act 1: "Non Sono in Vena" (Rodolfo, Mimi)
6. La Boheme, Act 1: "Che Gelida Manina!" (Rodolfo)
7. La Boheme, Act 1: "Si Mi Chiamano Mimi" (Mimi, Rodolfo)
8. La Bohème, Act 1: "Ehi! Rodolfo!... O Soave Fanciulla" (Schaunard, Colline, Marcello, Rodolfo, Mimì
9. La Boheme, Act 2: "Aranci, Datteri!" (Chorus, Schaunard, Colline, Rodolfo, Mimi, Marcello)
10. La Bohème, Act 2: "Chi Guardi?... Odio Il Profano Volgo" (Rodolfo, Colline, Mimì, Schaunard, Marcel
11. La Bohème, Act 2: "Beviam... Ch'io Beva Del Tossico!" (Mimì, Rodolfo, Marcello, Schaunard, Colline
12. La Boheme, Act 2: "Quando Men Vo" (Musetta, Marcello, Alcindoro, Mimi, Rodolfo, Schaunard, Colline)
13. La Bohème, Act 2: "Chi L'ha Richiesto?... Vediam!" (Colline, Schaunard, Rodolfo, Marcello, Chorus

CD2

1. La Bohème, Act 3: "Ohè, LÀ, Le Guardie! Aprite!" (Chorus, Customs Officer, Musetta, Mimì, Customs Se
2. La Bohème, Act 3: "Mimì?!... Son Io. Speravo Di Trovarvi Qui" (Marcello, Mimì)
3. La Bohème, Act 3: "Marcello... Finalmente!" (Rodolfo, Marcello, Mimì)
4. La Bohème, Act 3: "Addio... Donde Lieta Uscì Al Tuo Grido D'amore" (Mimì, Rodolfo)
5. La Boheme, Act 3: "Dunque E Proprio Finita?" (Rodolfo, Mimi, Marcello, Musetta)
6. La Bohème, Act 4: "In Un Coupé?... Con Pariglia E Livree" (Marcello, Rodolfo)
7. La Boheme, Act 4: "O Mimi, Tu Piu Non Torni" (Rodolfo, Marcello)
8. La Boheme, Act 4: "Che Ora Sia?" (Rodolfo, Marcello, Schaunard, Colline)
9. La Bohème, Act 4: "Musetta!... C'È Mimì Che Mi Segue" (Marcello, Musetta, Rodolfo, Schaunard, Mimì)
10. La Boheme, Act 4: "Vecchia Zimarra, Senti" (Colline)
11. La Boheme, Act 4: "Schaunard, Ognuno Per Diversa Via" (Colline, Schaunard)
12. La Boheme, Act 4: "Sono Andati?" (Mimi, Rodolfo)
13. La Bohème, Act 4: "Oh Dio! Mimì... Che Avvien?" (Rodolfo, Schaunard, Mimì, Musetta, Marcello, Colli

Antonio Pappano feels that "No opera expresses the irrepressible energy of youth like La bohème … Puccini throws you into a fleeting world that everyone can relate to. He really shows us what falling in love is like." Roberto Alagna's Rodolfo meets Leontina Vaduva's Mimì, while Thomas Hampson's Marcello is reunited with the Musetta of Ruth Ann Swenson. With the two other Parisian bohemians sung by Simon Keenlyside (Schaunard) and Samuel Ramey (Colline), this is indeed a recording to evoke the "nostalgia at the memory of wonderful moments" that Pappano finds so powerful in this evergreen opera.