Puccini's La Bohème, conducted by maestro Chailly, will be released in high definition

Valencia (15-12-12).- The production of La Bohème , by Puccini, directed by maestro Riccardo Chailly will be edited in high definition, and will thus become the twelfth title in the video catalog of the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía.

A team from the production company ACCENTUS Music is currently recording the performances of this production by Davide Livermore with musical direction by Riccardo Chailly, which will later be marketed by the record label C Major.

Chailly made his opera debut in Spain with this production “faithful to Puccini's score and dramaturgy,” as the Milanese maestro himself explained at the presentation of La Bohème.

The Israeli soprano Gal James (Mimì) and the Venezuelan tenor Aquiles Machado (Rodolfo) lead the cast of this title, which is completed by the voices of the Valencian Carmen Romeu (Musetta), the Italians Massimo Cavalletti (Marcello), Gianluca Buratto (Colline), Matteo Peirone (Benoît) and the Polish Andrea Snarski (Alcindoro).

Also participating in this production are artists from the Centre de Perfeccionament Plácido Domingo Mattia Olivieri (Schaunard) and Pablo García López (Parpignol).

Twelve titles in the video library

Riccardo Chailly joins the list of great conductors featured in the Palau de les Arts' DVD and Blu-ray production catalog.

Zubin Mehta is the main protagonist of this video library, which he himself inaugurated with the recording of Beethoven's Fidelio , the first opera that was performed in the Main Hall of the Calatrava building.

The maestro from Bombay has also conducted some of the most acclaimed productions. Chen Kaige's recording of Puccini's Turandot , with Zubin Mehta conducting, received an Editor's Choice Award. by the prestigious Gramophone magazine.

To date, the Richard Wagner Ring Cycle at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, staged by La Fura dels Baus, stands as the most awarded DVD. The four titles comprising the work have garnered the highest accolades from the international press: Best DVD at the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA), the Echo Klassik award for Best DVD of 2010, and awards from the German Record Critics Association.

Furthermore, the French specialized press has awarded its highest accolades to this production of Der Ring des Nibelungen . The magazine Classica He presented the 'Choc' award, while Opéra Magazine awarded it the 'Diamant d'opéra'. Diapason highlighted the first title of the work, Das Rheingold , with the 'Diapason d'Or'.

The Palau de les Arts catalog in High Definition also includes Cyrano de Bergerac , by Alfano, starring Plácido Domingo, Les Troyens , by Berlioz, with Valeri Gergiev leading the OCV, and La vida breve , with musical direction by Lorin Maazel and stage direction by Giancarlo del Monaco.

Other productions from the Valencian cultural enclave have also been released on DVD, such as L'arbore di Diana , by Vicente Martín i Soler, and the zarzuela El rey que rabió , by Ruperto Chapí, both under the Iberautor label.