Plot Summary:The perennial Puccini crowd-pleaser, with its tale of life and love among the Parisian artists of the 1840s, is brought to the big screen in the Met's famous production, originally conceived by Franco Zefirelli. We know the outcome even before the first act ends, but Puccini's music is so moving, so powerfully simple and direct, that it never fails. Puccini's genius sense of drama and emotion shines through in the final moments of the opera; where a lesser composer would likely end the story with the death of the heroine, a big "bang-crash" from the orchestra, Puccini does the opposite. He sustains the suspense for a few more minutes, ever so quietly, as he shows each of the surviving characters whispering and realizing, until Rodolfo, the last to see the truth, finally reacts. That is where the power of this opera comes from.
大都会歌剧院高清转播系列在2009-08年乐季尾声,直播了普契尼的《波希米亚人》,采用的制作依然是意大利导演泽菲莱利的奢靡豪华版,第二幕场景动用了数百演员,在舞台上营造复原了一个巴黎拉丁区。该录影于2011年年底在上海大剧院作了国内首映。