Welcome to another conversation from the high/low art divide between opera-singer-turned-experimental-performer Ema Katrovas and comedian-and-TV-writer-turned-novelist Nicholas Anthony. 

This episode is the first half of a two-part series recorded in New York – in this case, directly at the Metropolitan Opera.

We recorded this episode sitting in our seats in the Family Circle, during both intermissions and right after the end of a performance of Zefirelli’s classic production of Puccini’s La Boheme, one of the most popular, if not the most popular, operas of the last century and, even better, one that tells the story of aspiring artists.

The cast we heard on January 8th at the Metropolitan Opera: 

Conductor: Marco Armiliato 

Mimi: Elina Stikhina

Rodolfo: Stephen Costello

Musetta: Kristina Mkhitaryan

Marcello: Adam Plachetka 

Schaunard: Rodion Pogossov

Colline: Krzysztof Bączyk

Benoit/Alcindoro: Donald Maxwell

Met Opera Chorus 

Link to the recording I used as “illustration footage”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_1OtRt0_ho

Cast of the recording (though you don't get to hear most of them):

Mimì: Mirella Freni
Rodolfo: Luciano Pavarotti
Musetta: Annarita Taliento
Marcello: Lucio Gallo
Schaunard: Pietro Spagnoli
Colline: Nicolai Ghiaurov

Conductor: Daniel Oren

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