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La Scala's whirring cogs: sublime La bohème with Gustavo Dudamel

By James Imam, 21 August 2015
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Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 19 August 2015
Programme
Puccini, La bohème
Performers
Teatro alla Scala
Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor
Franco Zeffirelli, Director, Set Designer
Piero Tosi, Costume Designer
Maria Agresta, Mimì
Ailyn Pérez, Mimì
Vittorio Grigolo, Rodolfo
Ramón Vargas, Rodolfo
Massimo Cavalletti, Marcello
Gabriele Viviani, Marcello
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Coro del Teatro alla Scala
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James Imam
James Imam
James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.