Live performance of Puccini's opera at the Salzburg Festival in Austria. Piotr Beczala stars as Rodolfo with Anna Netrebko as Mimi, Massimo Cavalletti as Marcello and Nino Machaidze as Musetta. Daniele Gatti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic, the Vienna State Opera Chorus and the Salzburg Festival and Theatre Children's Choir.
Acting
Netrebko's Mimi breaks your heart in whisper.
Direction
Michieletto makes 1896 Paris feel urgently now.
Cinematography
Salzburg staging glows like a dying candle.
Director
Damiano Michieletto
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Netrebko and Beczala were real-life partners during this production, adding uncomfortable authenticity to their separation scenes.
This 2012 Salzburg staging deliberately evoked contemporary economic crises, making the bohemians' starvation feel less period-piece and more urgent commentary.
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