La Bohème (1965 film)

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]

La Bohème
Directed byWilhelm Semmelroth
Franco Zeffirelli (Production Designer, Director)
Written by
Based onScènes de la vie de bohème
(1847–49) novel
by Henri Murger
Produced byHerbert von Karajan (Conductor)
Starring
CinematographyWilhelm Semmelroth [de]
Edited byAlice Seedorf
Music byGiacomo Puccini
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • 6 December 1965 (1965-12-06)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageItalian

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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References

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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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