Also available on Blu-ray "The director Stefan Herheim creates productions that are larger than life: intellectually charged but joyously theatrical... Mr. Herheim deconstructs the traditional sets of the company’s previous production... Mimi dies of cancer at the start, and the opera is reconfigured as Rodolfo’s refusal to admit it. The production is a surreal, moving experience: sometimes mystifying but ultimately haunting." -- Zachary Woolfe, The New York Times [11/20/2012]

Giacomo Puccini
LA BOHEME

Rodolfo – Diego Torre
Marcello – Vasilij Ladjuk
Mimì – Marita Sølberg
Musetta – Jennifer Rowley
Colline – Giovanni Battista Parodi
Schaunard – Espen Langvik
Benoit / Parpignol / Alcindoro / Toll Gate Keeper / Death – Svein Erik Sagbråten

Norwegian National Opera Children’s Chorus
(chorus master: Edle Stray-Pedersen)
Norwegian National Opera Chorus and Orchestra
(chorus master: David Maiwald)
Eivind Gullberg Jensen, conductor

Stefan Herheim, stage director
Heike Scheele, set and costume designer
Anders Poll, lighting designer

Recorded live at Oslo Opera House on 31 January and 4 February 2012

Bonus:
- Cast gallery
- Interviews

Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: LPCM Stereo / DTS 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: English, French, German, Korean, Spanish, Italian
Running time: 127 mins
No. of DVDs: 1 (DVD 9)