La Boheme at the Met, March 20th 2010

Photo @Terrence McCarthy photograph, courtesy of San Francisco Opera
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It was the evening Angela replaced Anna Netrebko who was ill. As far as I read, it was the first time Angela and Piotr Beczala performend together on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera New York. But they sung together in La Boheme in San Francisco, in 2008.

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There was another great Romanian singer in this production, George Petean, as Marcello.

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Mimì....................Angela Gheorghiu

Rodolfo.................Piotr Beczala

Musetta.................Ruth Ann Swenson

Marcello................George Petean

Schaunard...............Massimo Cavalletti

Colline.................Oren Gradus

Benoit..................Paul Plishka

Alcindoro...............Paul Plishka

Conductor...............Marco Armiliato

Production..............Franco Zeffirelli

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Two small but very beautiful extracts from it. Both from the first act.

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Si, mi chiamano Mimi - Angela Gheorghiu

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O, soave fanciulla - Angela Gheorghiu, Piotr Beczala

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