La Bohème (1965 film)

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La Bohème
Directed byFranco Zeffirelli
Written by
Produced byFranco Zeffirelli
Starring
CinematographyWilhelm Semmelroth [de]
Music byGiacomo Puccini
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • 6 December 1965 (1965-12-06)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageItalian

La Bohème is a 1965 West German film production of the 1896 opera of the same name by Puccini, filmed in a Milan studio and recorded at the Munich Opera.[1] The film director and producer and set designer was the Italian director Franco Zeffirelli; Herbert von Karajan conducted the chorus and orchestra of La Scala and was the artistic supervisor. This is not a stage live recording: the singers mime to their own pre-recordings.[2]

Deutsche Grammophon released the film for home media in analog VHS tape format in 1988 and in Digital Video Disc (DVD) format in 1996, 2002 and 2006.[3]

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  1. ^ "La Bohème in 57 Theaters: Mirella Freni Is Mimi With La Scala Opera" by Dan Sullivan, The New York Times, 20 October 1965
  2. ^ "The Gramophone Choice: Puccini's La bohème", Gramophone, 1 February 2015
  3. ^ VHS (1988): OCLC 25036434; DVD (1996, 2002, 2006): OCLC 748853436, 676553868, 71078755.

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