La Boheme DVD A Midsummer Night's Dream Directed by Carroll Ballard

Directed by Carroll Ballard

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and gold with tiny nutcrackers on top of a wind up music box hat -- turn the hat and it plays the march from Tchaikovsky's ' The Nutcracker Suite'

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La Boheme DVD A Midsummer Night's Dream Directed by Carroll BallardThis is the magnificent 2009 recording of the Royal Operas production of La Bohme. The performances here are first rate. Romanian, Teodor Ilincais voice, possessing a brilliant timbre soars with Italian lyricism; Russian soprano, Hibla Gerzmava is a vocally winning Mimi, singing with a lush warm tone; soprano, Inna Dukach (Musetta) delivers a passionate Quando Men Vo and Gabriele Viviani is an engaging Marcello. It is a refreshingly traditional