29th July

Concert will begin at 02:00 hours GMT

Puccini's 'La Bohème' with Perrotta, Diegel, Jordheim and Baek from Costa Mesa

Puccini's 'La Bohème' is an opera to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger, a collection of vignettes portraying young bohemians living in the Latin Quarter of Paris in the 1840s. Although usually called a novel, it has no unified plot. Like the 1849 play by Murger and Théodore Barrière, the opera's libretto focuses on the relationship between Rodolfo and Mimì, ending with her death. Performers:

Teresa Perrotta: Mimì.
Adam Diegel: Rodolfo.
Alisa Jordheim: Musetta.
SeungHyeon Baek: Marcello.
John Allen Nelson: Schaunard.
Andrew Potter: Colline.
Philip Cokorinos: Benoit/Alcindoro.
Nicholas Preston: Parpignol.

Southern California Children's Chorus. Pacific Chorale. Pacific Symphony. Conductor: Carl St.Clair.

Recorded 4-9 April.