TRACKLISTING
La Bohème

RECORDING INFORMATION

This is Andrea Bocelli's first complete opera recording and as such represents a milestone. Bocelli appears here with Barbara Frittoli and the Israel Philharmonic, conducted by Zubin Mehta.

La Bohème is one of the most popular pieces in the classical repertoire and is Andrea's all-time favourite opera. Recording it was a project close to his heart. He says:

"La Bohème is the opera I love most. It's probably the first opera I listened to in its entirety when I was a child. It's a very real and contemporary story. Rodolfo and Mimì are very human — they are not symbols or heroes — they are simple people: they love, they work, and they fight. Like most of us do. Undoubtedly, Puccini's music is la musica dei sentimenti, the music of feelings, passion and tears."

Andrea's performances have also received critical acclaim:

"Andrea is a lyric tenor with a voice of real beauty. His sense of romance and melody exalts the very essence of the bohemian Rodolfo."
Franco Corelli on Andrea Bocelli's performance in Sardinia in 1998