Luigi Illica
3) La Bohème
Pub. Date
©2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Puccini's bittersweet opera of high-spirited bohemians and the doomed love between Rodolfo, the idealistic poet and Mimi, the consumptive flower-maker, is a beautifully balanced series of tableaux depicting the infectious joie de vivre of youth and the tragic waste of disease and separation.
4) La Boheme
Author
Pub. Date
[1987], p1973
Physical Desc
2 sound discs (111 min.) : digital, stereo. ; 1 booklet, (154 pgs)
5) La Bohème
Pub. Date
[1999?], c1989
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Puccini's bittersweet tale of high-spirited bohemians and doomed love.
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (144 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An American naval officer marries a Japanese geisha girl known as Butterfly and then abandons her. Butterfly steadfastly awaits his return for three years, only to learn when Pinkerton returns that he has married an American woman.
Pub. Date
©2000, 1983
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Hamburg State Opera's production of Puccini's opera. The Chevalier des Grieux meets and seduces the young Manon when she is being escorted by her brother to a convent. Manon lives with des Grieux in Paris, but leaves him for a rich admirer. She is later arrested, charged with prostitution, and deported to Louisiana. Des Grieux accompanies her and during an escape attempt she dies in his arms.
9) Tosca
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 123 + 36 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. + 1 booklet ([18] pages)
Description
The story begins with Napoleon Bonaparte, political enemy of Scarpia advancing upon Rome. Cavaradossi a painter and Angelotti an escaped prisoner are political allies and see Napoleon as a hero. Angelotti has taken refuge in a chapel of a church in Rome in which Cavaradossi is painting a portrait of the Madonna. Cavaradossi has as his lover a famous singer Floria Tosca who attempts to enter the church and finds the door locked. She becomes jealous...