Direct from the Metropolitan Opera in New York Franco Zeffirelli's production Presented by Margaret Juntwait with guest commentator Ira Siff
Rodolfo, a poet ...... Ramon Vargas (tenor) Mimi, a seamstress ...... Maija Kovalesvska (soprano) Marcello, a painter ...... Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone) Schaunard, a musician ...... Tommi Hakala (baritone)
Musetta, a singer ...... Susanna Phillips (soprano) Benoit/Alcindoro ...... Paul Plishka (bass) Parpignol ...... Daniel Clark Smith (tenor) Chorus and Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera Frederic Chaslin (conductor)