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Productions like this one of Puccini's evergreen La bohème are the lifeblood of opera. The singers are not international stars of the sort to make the rafters shake, but all of them, led by Celine Byrne as Mimi and Merūnas Vitulskis as Rodolfo, believe in what they're singing and propel the action forward naturally. If there's a star here, it's conductor Sergio Alapont, leading the Irish National Opera Orchestra. He faced a number of pandemic-era challenges in this 2021 concert performance at Ireland's Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, working with masked players and singers except when singing, a spaced-out choir and orchestra, and everyone socially distanced. Despite these restrictions, Alapont keeps the music moving forward with febrile energy. The opera as a whole comes in several minutes faster than average, and Alapont manipulates the tempo at many points in intensely dramatic readings. The comic scenes in the opera crackle, and the action seizes the listener's imagination as Mimi's condition begins to deteriorate. Would one pick other singers for the "greatest hits" in La bohème? Maybe, but for the power of the story as a whole, the power that has kept this opera in production somewhere almost always since it first appeared, pick this one. Signum Classics delivers excellent live sound.
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Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - John Molloy, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
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Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - John Molloy, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
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Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - John Molloy, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Ben McAteer, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
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Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - John Molloy, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Ben McAteer, MainArtist - Eddie Wade, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - John Molloy, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Ben McAteer, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
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Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Celine Byrne, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Celine Byrne, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Celine Byrne, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Celine Byrne, MainArtist - John Molloy, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Ben McAteer, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Celine Byrne, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
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Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Celine Byrne, MainArtist - John Molloy, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Irish National Opera Chorus, Ensemble - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Ben McAteer, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
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Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Celine Byrne, MainArtist - John Molloy, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Irish National Opera Chorus, Ensemble - Fearghal Curtis, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Ben McAteer, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Celine Byrne, MainArtist - John Molloy, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Irish National Opera Chorus, Ensemble - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Ben McAteer, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Anna Devin, MainArtist - Celine Byrne, MainArtist - John Molloy, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Irish National Opera Chorus, Ensemble - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Ben McAteer, MainArtist - Eddie Wade, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Anna Devin, MainArtist - Celine Byrne, MainArtist - John Molloy, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Irish National Opera Chorus, Ensemble - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Ben McAteer, MainArtist - Eddie Wade, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
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Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Anna Devin, MainArtist - David Howes, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
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Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Anna Devin, MainArtist - Celine Byrne, MainArtist - David Howes, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Rory Dunne, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Celine Byrne, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Celine Byrne, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Celine Byrne, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Celine Byrne, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Anna Devin, MainArtist - Celine Byrne, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - John Molloy, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Ben McAteer, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - John Molloy, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Ben McAteer, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - John Molloy, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Ben McAteer, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Anna Devin, MainArtist - Celine Byrne, MainArtist - John Molloy, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Ben McAteer, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - John Molloy, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Ben McAteer, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Celine Byrne, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Anna Devin, MainArtist - Celine Byrne, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Giacomo Puccini, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Anna Devin, MainArtist - John Molloy, MainArtist - Sergio Alapont, Conductor, MainArtist - Merūnas Vitulskis, MainArtist - Ben McAteer, MainArtist - Irish National Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Bizic, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Signum Classics (P) 2022 Signum Records
Album review
Productions like this one of Puccini's evergreen La bohème are the lifeblood of opera. The singers are not international stars of the sort to make the rafters shake, but all of them, led by Celine Byrne as Mimi and Merūnas Vitulskis as Rodolfo, believe in what they're singing and propel the action forward naturally. If there's a star here, it's conductor Sergio Alapont, leading the Irish National Opera Orchestra. He faced a number of pandemic-era challenges in this 2021 concert performance at Ireland's Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, working with masked players and singers except when singing, a spaced-out choir and orchestra, and everyone socially distanced. Despite these restrictions, Alapont keeps the music moving forward with febrile energy. The opera as a whole comes in several minutes faster than average, and Alapont manipulates the tempo at many points in intensely dramatic readings. The comic scenes in the opera crackle, and the action seizes the listener's imagination as Mimi's condition begins to deteriorate. Would one pick other singers for the "greatest hits" in La bohème? Maybe, but for the power of the story as a whole, the power that has kept this opera in production somewhere almost always since it first appeared, pick this one. Signum Classics delivers excellent live sound.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 33 track(s)
- Total length: 01:48:44
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artist: Various Artists
- Composer: Giacomo Puccini
- Label: Signum Records
- Genre: Classical Opera
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