La Bohème (Garcia & Hopkins, Broadway 2002)

Baz Luhrmann’s spectacular, multi-Tony Award-winning commercial staging of Puccini’s 'La Bohème' re-engineered the classical opera landscape at the Broadway Theatre in 2002. Turning the garrets of the Latin Quarter into a visceral playground of mid-century youth culture, the through-sung romantic tragedy charts the star-crossed love between a destitute poet and a fragile seamstress. This specialized printing records the alternative performance cast rotation framework starring opera luminaries Jesus Garcia as Rodolfo and Lisa Hopkins as Mimì, delivering pristine operatic vocal power.