La Bohème (2009 film) explained

La Bohème
Director:Werner Herzog
Producer:André Singer
Starring:Peter Auty
Mary Plazas
Music:Giacomo Puccini
Cinematography:Richard Blanshard
Editing:Joe Bini
Distributor:Sky Arts
Runtime:4 1/2 minutes
Language:Italian

La Bohème is a 2009 short film directed by Werner Herzog. The four-minute film features images of life in Ethiopia[1] set to the duet "" from Puccini's opera La bohème, sung by Peter Auty and Mary Plazas.[2] It was part of a series of short films commissioned by Sky Arts and English National Opera.[3] [4]

Cast

Notes and References

  1. News: Werner Herzog takes opera into a whole new aria. Rupert Christiansen. 2011-05-19. The Daily Telegraph. London. 2009-02-06.
  2. News: Werner Herzog: 'My films are certainly not art'. 2011-05-19. The Independent. London. 2009-02-06.
  3. Web site: Opera Shorts. 2011-05-19. Sky Arts. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090130075334/http://www.skyarts.co.uk/opera/article/opera-shorts/. 2009-01-30.
  4. News: Werner Herzog takes La bohème to Ethiopia in short film. David Ng. 22 December 2021. Los Angeles Times.