One effect of this is that the contrast in the nature of the relationships between Rodolfo/Mimi and Marcello/Musetta is less clear. He brings out the more boisterous side in Michael Fabiano’s Rodolfo. Kwiecien is big, powerful and slightly menacing.
So what are the differences? The biggest I think is Marius Kwiecien as Marcello. I think if I had seen it without having seen the revival I would have enjoyed it for the music making but not thought it anything remarkable. The 2017 production feels more like a very good, but essentially conservative, production of La Bohème. Comparing them was really very interesting.įirst off, I must emphasize that the differences are really quite subtle and I’ll probably make more of them than is reasonable but the overall effect is tangible to me. I said in that review that I wanted to get hold of the original first run recording, which I have done, albeit on DVD rather than Blu-ray. A couple of week’s ago I reviewed the recording of the 2020 revival of Richard Jones’ production of La Bohème at Covent Garden.
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