Puccini: The Charm of La bohème

A preposterous movie in which two Viennese stars live out the story of La bohème, while taking part in a production of it. Seedy and kitschy, it doesn’t even have period charm. Michael Tanner

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Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:57 pm

COMPOSERS: Puccini
LABELS: Bel Canto
ALBUM TITLE: The Charm of La bohme
WORKS: The Charm of La bohème
PERFORMER: Marta Eggerth, Jan Kiepura
CATALOGUE NO: BCS-DO534

A preposterous movie in which two Viennese stars live out the story of La bohème, while taking part in a production of it. Seedy and kitschy, it doesn’t even have period charm. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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