Puccini: La Bohème - Highlights

It's Boheme perfection.

Although I am not extremely knowledgeable about opera, I heard La Boheme once and fell in love with its beauty. After borrowing my public library's copy about 50 times, I decided to treat myself to a personal copy, so I bought this CD. Although this particular recording contains excerpts only, it is affordable and provides all of the great music from the opera. If you're interested in the complete opera, you might want to buy the 2 CD set. However, for anyone who just wants to kick back with a glass of wine and listen to beautiful music, this CD is perfect.

My critiques of music are clear and subjective. Do you not like opera? Don't waste your money. Do you really like great music and the art of opera? Give this a try. You will enjoy Puccini. I can find no fault with the recording, no fault, obviously with the music or the vocalists, an uplifting experience. Uplifting is the purpose of fine music, unless you have a savage breast to soothe. Did I enjoy this? Very much. Will you enjoy it? Only you know. To quote the old advertisement, Try it; you'll like it.

La Boheme is Puccini's fourth opera and his second operatic success and what a great success it is! You don't have to love opera to enjoy this masterpiece, the music is enchanting, magical, and truly bears the mark of genius. A masterpiece delivered by the Maestro Pavarrotti at the peak of his vocal powers. This is the way we all want to remember Luciano, dynamic, strong, sustaining the high Cs with almost superhuman power. A wonderful recording.

This is without question the best recording of La Boheme that you can buy. Pavarotti was at his peak and was perfect as Rodolfo. Mirella Freni and he sing some of the most beautiful duets ever recorded. If you want La Boheme, this is the recording to get.

The music is wonderful. I would have given it 5 stars but the music ends so abruptly. It would be nice if there was a better transition.

I know exactgly what I am getting

Hard to get CD delivered. Fantastic!

mi sono confusa non e l opera completa

Superb recording. Pavarotti was superb as Rodolfo and Freni in beautiful voice. Her floating lyric soprano is aptly suitable for the fragile doomed Mimi and Freni conveys this in the voice - I would have loved to have seen her perform this live but unfortunately never did. Whilst still singing, she had an amazing singing career - starting as a soubrette with parts like Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro and then, as the voice matured, even taking on the title role of "Aida". Here again she was marvellous. The rest of the cast on the CD were outstanding too - a CD to cherish!!!

Très bonne qualité sonore.Interpretation de premier plan.

je suis très satisfaite par ce cd, très belle musique!!!

abgesehen davon, dass die ganze einspielung unter karajan für mich keine schwachstellen hat, lohnt sich der kauf einfach schon wegen der arie des rodolfo am anfang der oper, als er mimi umgarnt. ich kenne keine andere aufnahme, in der die tenorpartie so strahlend schmetternd dargeboten wird. ein weiterer grund, den verlust des genialen pavarotti zu beweinen. diese cd lohnt wirklich, sie zu hören ist ein genuß.