Franco Zeffirelli: La Bohème

Дзеффирелли: Богема

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Actors

Mimi

Rodolfo

Musetta

Marcello

Shaunard

Colline

Crew

Director

Franco Zeffirelli

Cinematographer

Wilhelm Semmelroth

Conductor

Herbert von Karajan

Stage design

Paul Haferung

Costume designer

Marcel Escoffier

About

This production of ‘La Bohème’ scored a trio of ‘firsts’: it was the first opera film to be produced by Unitel, the first music film conducted by Herbert von Karajan, and the first major film production by Franco Zeffirelli (Romeo and Juliet, Jesus of Nazareth). Produced in 1965, it was based on Zeffirelli’s acclaimed 1963 La Scala production and features Mirella Freni and Gianni Raimondi as the starcrossed lovers. Karajan conducts the chorus and orchestra of Milan’s La Scala. The production is still considered today one of the finest treatments of opera on film and a classic of opera performance in the 20th century.

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