Irish National Opera | Celine Byrne

La Boheme

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Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212070222
Catnr: SIGCD 702
Release date: 15 April 2022
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Signum Classics
UPC
0635212070222
Catalogue number
SIGCD 702
Release date
15 April 2022
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About the album

The Paris of love and art. A poet, a painter, a musician and a philosopher. Living hand to mouth in a freezing garret. Christmas cheer and a heart won by girl next door. The tragedies of love and poverty. Puccini’s best-loved opera is touching, comic, realistic and romantic, true for any time in which deep bonds can flower in the face of adversity.

Experience the power of Puccini's sublime score in this new concert performance by Irish National opera, featuring celebrated Irish sopranos Celine Byrne and Anna Devin, in the roles of Mimì and Musetta.

Artist(s)

Celine Byrne

Celine Byrne, who won First Prize and gold medal at the Maria Callas International Grand Prix in Athens in 2007, is an INO Artistic Partner and made her company debut in the title role of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly in 2019. Recent performances include Magda in Puccini’s La rondine (Minnesota Opera), Madama Butterfly (Staatstheater Kassel), Die Marschallin in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier (Santiago), Marietta/ Marie in Korngold’s Die tote Stadt (RTÉ NSO), Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni (Israeli Opera), the title role in Puccini’s Tosca (Mikhailovsky Opera, St Petersburg), Liù in Puccini’s Turandot (Oper Leipzig and Deutsche Oper am Rhein), Elisabeth in Verdi’s Don Carlo (Deutsche Oper am Rhein) and Mimì in La bohème (Hamburg State Opera). She made her operatic debut as...
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Celine Byrne, who won First Prize and gold medal at the Maria Callas International Grand Prix in Athens in 2007, is an INO Artistic Partner and made her company debut in the title role of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly in 2019. Recent performances include Magda in Puccini’s La rondine (Minnesota Opera), Madama Butterfly (Staatstheater Kassel), Die Marschallin in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier (Santiago), Marietta/ Marie in Korngold’s Die tote Stadt (RTÉ NSO), Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni (Israeli Opera), the title role in Puccini’s Tosca (Mikhailovsky Opera, St Petersburg), Liù in Puccini’s Turandot (Oper Leipzig and Deutsche Oper am Rhein), Elisabeth in Verdi’s Don Carlo (Deutsche Oper am Rhein) and Mimì in La bohème (Hamburg State Opera). She made her operatic debut as Mimì with Scottish Opera in 2010. She made her debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in Dvořák’s Rusalka in 2012, taking over the role at short notice. She returned to sing First Flower Maiden in Wagner’s Parsifal followed by Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen and was due to perform Liù in Turandot. Engagements lost due to the Covid-19 pandemic include her debut at the Opéra national de Paris, Mimì in La bohème) with Opera Hong Kong and concert appearances in Bangkok with Marcello Alvarez and several concerts with José Carreras, with whom she performs regularly. Future engagements include Liù in Turandot (Oper im Steinbruch at St Margarethen), Madama Butterfly (Bregenz Festival) and Micaëla in Carmen (INO).

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Composer(s)

Giacomo Puccini

The Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini is viewed as the most important succesor of Giuseppe Verdi. Puccini was a true theatre man, who knew how to combine words, gesture and music seamlessly to emotionally touch the audience. Puccini's creative process was a tormented him. Often, librettists had to swallow a lot before he was satisfied with the text. Because of this, he only composed relatively few operas, but among those are some real masterworks. In his opera Tosca, Puccini knows how to keep the audience on the edge of their seats, and in his operas La Bohème and Madame Butterfly, it is hard not to weep in the end. Moreover, Puccini was able to compose arias which Verdi would have called 'something for the organ...
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The Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini is viewed as the most important succesor of Giuseppe Verdi. Puccini was a true theatre man, who knew how to combine words, gesture and music seamlessly to emotionally touch the audience. Puccini's creative process was a tormented him. Often, librettists had to swallow a lot before he was satisfied with the text. Because of this, he only composed relatively few operas, but among those are some real masterworks. In his opera Tosca, Puccini knows how to keep the audience on the edge of their seats, and in his operas La Bohème and Madame Butterfly, it is hard not to weep in the end.
Moreover, Puccini was able to compose arias which Verdi would have called "something for the organ grinder": melodies which linger in your head and people sing in the streets. This was proven once again by his famous "Nessun Dorma", which was used for the world championship football, and his "O Mio Babbino Caro" which was used in a well-known commercial. Due to his popularity and commercial success, critics did not acknowledge his talents for a long time. They accused him of a sensationalist approach. His reputation as a lover of women and fast cars certainly didn't help with his image either!
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Disc #1
01.
La bohème, Act I: Questo Mar Rosso
04:24
02.
La bohème, Act I: Pensier profondo!
01:18
03.
La bohème, Act I: Legna! Sigari!
03:50
04.
La bohème, Act I: Si può – Chi è là?
05:17
05.
La bohème, Act I: Io resto per terminar
01:20
06.
La bohème, Act I: Chi è là?
01:20
07.
La bohème, Act I: Si sente meglio?
02:38
08.
La bohème, Act I: Che gelida manina
04:30
09.
La bohème, Act I: Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì
05:16
10.
La bohème, Act I: Ehi! Rodolfo!
00:42
11.
La bohème, Act I: O soave fanciulla
04:09
12.
La bohème, Act II: Arranci, datteri!
02:51
13.
La bohème, Act II: Chi guardi
03:16
14.
La bohème, Act II: Viva Parpignol
02:30
15.
La bohème, Act II: Ch'io beva del tossico!
03:44
16.
La bohème, Act II: Quando m'en vo
07:23

Disc #2
01.
La bohème, Act III: Ohè, là, le guardie!
04:07
02.
La bohème, Act III: Sa dirmi, scusi
01:04
03.
La bohème, Act III: Mimì! Speravo
05:16
04.
La bohème, Act III: Marcello. Finalmente!
01:15
05.
La bohème, Act III: Mimì è una civetta
01:25
06.
La bohème, Act III: Mimì è tanto malata!
03:09
07.
La bohème, Act III: D’onde lieta uscì
03:13
08.
La bohème, Act III: Dunque: è proprio finita!
05:33
09.
La bohème, Act IV: In un coupè
01:48
10.
La bohème, Act IV: O tu più non torni
02:58
11.
La bohème, Act IV: Che ora sia
02:21
12.
La bohème, Act IV: Gavotta
01:40
13.
La bohème, Act IV: Musetta! C'è Mimì
06:20
14.
La bohème, Act IV: Vecchia zimarra, senti
02:25
15.
La bohème, Act IV: Sono andati
05:56
16.
La bohème, Act IV: Che avvien
02:37
17.
La bohème, Act IV: Che ha detto il medico
03:09
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