Puccini: La Bohème (Royal Opera House 2009) (Blu-ray Review)
July 29th, 2010 admin
If it’s Tuesday, this must be Puccini. Did someone go and create a “ La bohème of the Month Club” and not tell me about it? Sometimes it seems like it, what with the glut of Blu-ray versions of PucciniÂ’s venerable ode to art, love and abject poverty which seem to litter my mailbox seemingly every few days. LetÂ’s review, shall we? WeÂ’ve had the film version , the English National Opera version (sung in English, in case you were co … Video Aside from the lighting issues alluded to above, La Bohème ’s AVC encoded 1080i image is nicely sharp, with excellent black levels helping to at least partially alleviate the often overwhelming darkness. Aside from Musetta and the restaurant scene, there’s not an awful lot of color …
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