PUCCINI: Boheme (La) / Madama Butterfly / PUCCINI / BERIO: Turandot

Giacomo Puccini
Famous Operas
3 DVD Box Set

LA BOHÈME

Mimì - Cristina Gallardo-Domâs  
Musetta - Hei-Kyung Hong 
Rodolfo - Marcelo Álvarez 
Marcello - Roberto Servile 
Schaunard - Natale de Carolis 
Colline - Giovanni Battista Parodi  
Benoit - Matteo Peirone  
Alcindoro - Angelo Romero  
Parpignol - Alberto Fraschina 
Sergente dei doganieri - Ernesto Panariello

Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala
Bruno Bartoletti, conductor

Franco Zeffirelli, stage director

Recorded at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 2003

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MADAMA BUTTERFLY

Cio-Cio-San - Fiorenza Cedolins  
Suzuki - Francesca Franci  
Kate Pinkerton - Mina Blum 
B. F. Pinkerton - Marcello Giordani  
Sharpless - Juan Pons 
Goro - Carlo Bosi 
Il prinicipe Yamadori - Alessandro Battiato 
Lo zio Bonzo - Carlo Striuli 
Il commissario imperiale - Angelo Nardigocchi 
L’ufficiale del registro - Giovanni Scordino 
La madre di Cio-Cio-San - Veronica Simeoni 
La cugina die Cio-Cio-San - Maria Letizia Grosselli

Chorus and Orchestra of Arena di Verona
Daniel Oren, conductor

Franco Zeffirelli, stage director

Recorded at the Arena di Verona, July 2004

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TURANDOT
(with completion of the 3rd Act by Luciano Berio)

Turandot - Gabriele Schnaut
Altoum - Robert Tear
Timur - Paata Burchuladze
Calaf - Johan Botha
Liù - Cristina Gallardo-Domâs
Ping - Boaz Daniel
Pang - Vincente Ombuena
Pong - Steve Davislim
Un mandarino - Robert Bork

Vienna State Opera Chorus
Tölz Children's Choir
VIenna Philharmonic Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor

David Pountney, stage director

Recorded at the Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, August 2002
during the 2002 Salzburg Festival

Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: PCM Stereo (all operas) /
Dolby Digital 5.1 / DTS 5.1 (La Bohème, Butterfly)
Dolby Digital 5.0 / DTS 5.0 (Turandot)
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Booklet notes: English, French, German
Running time: 6 hours 57 mins
No. of DVDs: 3 (DVD 9)