[Met Performance] CID:197880



La Bohème
Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, April 10, 1964




La Bohème (625)
Giacomo Puccini | Luigi Illica/Giuseppe Giacosa
Mimì
Gabriella Tucci

Rodolfo
Barry Morell

Musetta
Jean Fenn

Marcello
Frank Guarrera

Schaunard
William Walker

Colline
John Macurdy

Benoit
Fernando Corena

Alcindoro
Mariano Caruso

Parpignol
Emil Filip

Sergeant
Lloyd Strang

Officer
Edward Ghazal


Conductor
Fausto Cleva







Review 1:

Review of John Ardoin in Musical America
“La Bohème” has been like a revolving door this season, with Mimis, Musettas and Rodolfos coming and going like a bunch of vagrant gypsies. In 12 performances of the opera there were six Mimis, seven Musettas (three of them debuts), seven Rodolfos, four Marcellos and four Collines. It was no surprise that the 12th and final performance on April 10 brought a new Colline and Musetta and little wonder that the ensemble was completely shot. “Bohème” seems to be the one work at the Met in which everyone is expected to be able to go through his role half asleep, and this shoddy performance made me wonder when the chorus and orchestra was last given a refresher course.

For the record, John Macurdy sang his first Colline at the Met (sonorous, sympathetic and touching), Mariano Caruso his first Alcindoro (a worthy successor to de Paolis), and Jean Fenn her first Musetta of the season (brassy, brazen and lovable). There were also again the exquisite Mimi of GabriellaTucci, the sure-voiced Rodolfo of Barry Morell and the fine Marcello of Frank Guarrera. Fausto Cleva conducted.


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