Puccini – La Boheme (Cobos, Chorus/Orch. of the Teatro Real) Blu Ray – G. Puccini 

Giancarlo del Monaco’s one million euro cinematic production of Puccini’s masterpiece, recorded live at the Teatro Real de Madrid in 2006. Set in the pre-industrial Paris of the 1890s, it tells the tragic love story of Mimi (Inva Mula – soprano) and Rodolfo (Aquiles Machado – tenor). Jesus Lopez Cobos leads the Madrid Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in this highly acclaimed staging of one of opera’s most popular works.

Giancarlo del Monaco’s cinematic production of Puccini’s popular masterpiece takes its place among the great imterpretations of modern times. Jesus Lopez Cobos directs an outstanding cast, led by Inva Mula and Aquiles Machado, in a landmark recording filmed with High Definition cameras and true surround sound.