La Boheme - Si. Mi chiamano Mimi (Angela Gheorghiu)

[@DoctorWu23]

2:44 - 3:30 this is the reason you go see this live. Literally the most beautiful 50 seconds ever composed.

[@frankshea3164]

Absolutely true. And my whole body is covered in chills when this aria is sung. Un bel di vedremo is another reason to attend a live performance.

[@Juicy71630]

You’re goddamn right!

[@manuelodabashian1089]

I don't know about that but it is magnificent a wonderful expression of freedom

[@kharywilsontenor4712]

One of my favorite Mimi's. I love her because she sounds like no one else. I believe that we love the greats because we love their imperfections. Yet, now we expect perfection. The occasional bark, the dark quality gives her character... I love it!!

[@EleniBelle]

Sorry maybe I'm not familiar with the terminology in English, it's not my first language... "bark"?

[@danielfigueroa8602]

Bark is the sound a dog makes

[@malcrichings9052]

She is the best Mimi ever, in fact she's the finest mezzo ever to walk the planet.

[@BreezyNyGal]

Malc Richings , Angela Gheorghiu is a pure Soprano, not a Mezzo !

[@teodorinamanca2690]

@@malcrichings9052 soprano non mezzo, non potrebbe cantare Bohéme

[@cherylmaroz5512]

My beloved (late daughter) liked the character of Mimi. Fly high my lovely butterfly(Daughter)

[@labelladonna8099]

Your beautiful comment really touched me. You have a lovely shared memory that will always be with you. If I had had a daughter I would have hoped she too loved Mimi. La Boheme was my first opera 🎶🥰 and still my favorite.

[@IlBelPaese2023]

BEllissima

[@Nigel-fy5jg]

God bless her.

[@Mountchoirboy]

First it was my Mom's love of Luciano that led me to hear 'Nessum Dorma" and begin to listen to opera. After buying a CD of 'great aria's" I heard this aria, cried like a baby at it's beauty and fell deeply in love with opera-Brava Angela,Bravo Luciano!

[@sopranoaliciairigoyenpons4661]

Glen h the tenor is not Luciano, is the great mexican tenor Ramón Vargas

[@petitgarcon9675]

Glen didn t say this man is Luciano i^^

[@rafaellmata6083]

We forgive him because he is an ignorant person.

[@jm2389]

Me crying right now not understanding why until I see I am not alone

[@mrcrown271]

This breaks me every time. So filled with humanity and feeling.

[@benedicta8330]

“But when the spring time comes, the first rays of sunshine are mine.” How poetic and poignant!

[@hectorcosta7951]

I think,Mimí feels that she's very ill.😢

[@Ocelot2000]

That's how you sing this aria!!!! I have never heard a voice I prefer more as Mimi and I have listened to them all! The way she stays up there on the climax is just stunning.

[@DavidoffGustav]

Mirella Freni

[@Ocelot2000]

@@DavidoffGustav Of course, can't ever fault Mirella but there's just something in the way she sings that climax here that just gives me instant goosebumps

[@aceofspades8634]

She has a nice voice, but have you listened to Elisabeth Schwarzkopf in this particular aria? The ethereal nature of the voice and orchestra gave me goosebumps throughout. Here is the link if anyone is interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKe3h6Z-fZWWaq8

[@theadvernaut7704]

Agree with others who say Freni - but this is what we always pray for on every soprano. Is she going to stay there long enough or just hit it a couple beats and slide off it. Angela one ups that - not only does she stay there sparkling she pulls off a wonderful decrescendo that speaks to the hopelessness that is Mimi.

[@hectorcosta7951]

No es un ser humano....es un ángel....de hecho es Ángela ❤

[@Christin5554]

I love this opera but mostly I like this stage setting, finally how it should be and not an empty stage with people in their jeans etc. running around!

[@richardfallon5507]

I agree, but unfortunately there are more and more absolutely rubbish productions like you describe. as if producers couldn't be bothered any more with a proper stage setting or is it that they are not properly trained in opera staging ??

[@alejosolano5016]

Wonderful as every time, Angela is one of my favorites opera singers on the world. fantastic. bravo Angela

[@elijah24567]

Beautiful. Made me shed a tear. Wonderful.

[@84years]

I apologise to this great singer.She is special.We all have the ones we love the best.

[@None-lx8kj]

I sang the male part for this song in college. 20 years later I still remember every word.

[@juanjesus8817]

And don't you remember "the male part" is Rodolfo and this is not a song but an aria ;) ;) ?

[@monopoly3328]

David Segarra why so negativ?????

[@juanjesus8817]

@@monopoly3328 not being negative but somebody who sang opera knows this is an aria... not a song. Anyway not big deal

[@angeltinycute]

Cool

[@Ursaminor31]

Good sense of humour 🙃

[@colfer222]

No doubt this singing is superb but, just spare a moment and listern againn paying particular attention to that wonderful orchestra. She sings and the orchestra accompanies and answers her.That skill didn't just happen there's lierally hundreds of years of hard work and when yhey come together its beautiful...thanks poster.

[@brymorian]

Golger222 that goes unsaid for all product😊ions

[@randalcolucci6833]

WOW!! Awesome as Mimi! Beautiful voice and gesticulations. I would have loved to see her as Mimi w Pav. I really enjoyed D'Amico w Pav. Gorgeous music together...and the composition/orchestration of Le Boheme is beyond wonderful, esp here.

[@ombresetlumieres3137]

Un très bel enregistrement de la Bohème avec dans les rôles principaux la grande Angela Gheorghiu et Ramon Vargas, dans une somptueuse production de Franco Zeffirelli...En espérant toujours que la captation de ce magnifique spectacle soit transféré en Blu-ray!

[@pedrozaragoza2253]

Simply sublime.

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Just so so so beautiful!! The singer.😅😅😅😊😊

[@eddiemontana4759]

I'm going on to imagine (and remember) a time, when operas were like cinema...

[@cultivandoflores3990]

Maravilhosa Angela! Grande intérprete; sua expressão é completa, pois existem primadonas que ficam engessadas ao cantar, mas Angela é completa! Gostaria muito de ver o trecho Soave fancciula. Aliás essa obra é toda linda e todas as árias são de incomensurável beleza!

[@alexortega6800]

So beautiful, my heart wants to sing!!!

[@eddiemontana4759]

Just reminds me of 'good old times'... With that friend named Roger, who was and is an absolute expert in operas... Night-long conversations about the real confessions and possessions of love... (Time goes by, and so do I)

[@alejandrobriglia]

fantástica Soprano!!!!! muchas gracias!!!!!!!!!!!! y mucho exito en tu vida!

[@nancypatterson601]

Beautiful! My favorite aria in my favorite opera!

[@suzanapetrache3320]

So Beautiful, so Warm, so Wonderful, so Sublime!!! I adore her, my sweet Angela! 🌸💜🤍🤍🤍

[@bonitajoymojica]

Beautiful. Favorite song. Favorite singer. 🖤

[@annpetty9209]

Beautifully sung!!! Ann Petty

[@Lookerman]

I remember hearing a version of this performed on the Harry Secombe show. It was a Christmas broadcast with the acting cast from Oliver! (1968). Mr. Secombe sang it with a special guest named Mella Rose (Bella Rose?) I couldn't get anything on that lady though. Still, her performance and the lady here is both superb.

[@carmelapironti3559]

Voce meravigliosa 💐💐💐

[@justanotherbohemian3827]

You know, in the book "Scenes de la Vie Boheme" by Henric Murger (sorry if I misspelled it), the first meeting between Rodolfo and Mimi is not mentioned at all and the way they meet each other in the opera is taken from another chapter that doesn't have to do with the two of them. And to be fair, in the book poor Rodolfo is crazy for Mimi but she keeps straying and also she's overly coquettish and dressy...but of course Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa had to adapt it so it could look like a beautiful love story. The way they've integrated elements from any chapter of the book, even if it is not about Rodolfo and Mimi, in the opera's plot is, I have to admit, extremely clever and it really shows that they've worked very hard and examined the book thoroughly....

[@sdorr]

...still the unique and very beatiful timbre...remember, even when I knew nothing, I was still perceptive, eh, A2? best wishes...

[@Alan-vp7fd]

Magnifique merveilleux bouleversant ❤❤❤je suis Marocain 🇲🇦❤️

[@hectorcosta7951]

Et alors😊moi Español...catalan

[@eugenedanker2377]

2:35 - 3:30 can bring one to tears

[@ranchump]

What you mean can? I cry on cue every time. This aria kills me. That melody and those chords. Jesus.

[@taidematehuala5901]

Excelentes voces.... Pero magnas interpretaciones!!!!

[@donnaquixote7538]

I watched this just after I had watched the part "Light my candle" from Rent, loosely based on this opera. :)

[@brendanmailey9253]

Fantastic.

[@rozineantablian5495]

FOR ME THE BEST RENDITION EVER!

[@rozineantablian5495]

Same

[@manuelodabashian1089]

I really love Fiamma Izzo as Mimi for me that's what singing is!

[@goshgarhasanov]

Anghela will remain the best performer of this aria among all including Callas and Caballe. And her Mio babbino care is the best rendition out of all greatest performers

[@mariabeatrizceravolo2683]

SHE´S VERY GOOD !!

[@MariaGomez-yl3zo]

Maravilla musica voz e interpretacion.No se quien canta pero gran interpretacion.

[@Fontesigillata]

Sono italiana e ho il privilegio di comprendere il testo in lingua originale ❤

[@giancarlogiovanelli658]

Idem

[@thesugimotosan]

Best Mimi ever

[@MusicLover-kd6jt]

sublime

[@vicentefranciscoscofano1777]

É uma das grandes DIVAS das operas nas interprecoes ela da vida aos personagens.além da belíssima voz

[@amolrajratna]

Came here after reading this song mentioned in book called “Kafka on the shore”

[@cartapax5077]

Since Vivaldi, nobody write music so dramatic to the Spring.

[@dan1829]

This always brings me to tears🥲👍

[@jhernandez16]

It's a very professional performance.

[@hectorcosta7951]

No dejo de emocionarme con esta interpretación de Ángela.... interpreto por la letra que Mimí intuye que está enferma????...😢

[@giuseppegiannino2497]

Una meravigliosa Mimì pucciniana.

[@Novykoff]

2:44 bellissimo!

[@frankeffenberger9698]

An eternal favorite. God bless Puccini.

[@chillbeats4296]

"So these two guys are kicking the shit out of each other in this alleyway here"

[@singinciaran]

My favourite Mimi!

[@josehasbun]

Listen Renata Tebaldi

[@gonczklari]

@@josehasbun You're right. Tebaldi’s performance is also very very beautiful, thank you, but I still prefer the Gheorghiu's performance. I don't know why, perhaps I like her voice better.

[@julianestrada4470]

Here for Murakami ❤️

[@sharonomach]

He brought me here too

[@darthvibius3768]

Uma deusa simplesmente. 🇧🇷❤

[@solitaryrv5335]

LOVE

[@panda51829able]

Willem Dafoe’s opening scene in the boondocks saints

[@angeltinycute]

Since child my family call me Mimi and I love Roses

[@北鎌豊月]

アンジェラのミミは清らかで正統的、気品がある。目を閉じて聴くと屋根裏が蘇る｡

[@fernandopinheirobb]

MIMI À primeira vista sempre é o ápice do que aconteceu no 1º encontro dos amores, embora a relação ganhe mais Colorido no decorrer dos dias. Os mistérios fizeram-no, Ele, Rodolfo, a sentir-se atraído por Mimi, cada vez mais. Com a vela apagada e a chave de casa, Mimi pede ajuda A Rodolfo para acendê-la. Ao sair da casa dele, o vento Apaga as 2 velas, a de Rodolfo e a de Mimi, está muda, E ambos passam a procurar a chave na sala. É o advento Do romance de amor do casal iniciado à chama da lareira E do luar que penetra pela janela aberta. Quando as mãos Se encontram no chão, ela esquece que tem a cegueira. Nesse sublime enlevo surge Che gelida manina, bela ária Da ópera La Bohème, de Puccini, enternecendo corações, A vida do casal Mimi e Rodolfo passa a ser extraordinária. (*) (*) FERNANDO PINHEIRO, presidente da Academia de Letras dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil. - MIMI (poesia), de Fernando Pinheiro. - in O mundo de Morfeu, de Fernando Pinheiro.

[@gabetb]

Eu vim por causa da bebe Mimi Maria ❤❤❤

[@JM-lw3nx]

She does tend to go slightly sharp at times.

[@davidchen8685]

Always urge to show your difference, always a bit faster than others. Please close your eyes to listen, you sound much better when you sing slower. No offence, just my personal feeling. Very good performance.

[@MahmoodRezaee13]

I listened to this while Nakata wasn't himself

[@chibamoon6410]

please tell me im not the only one who thought opera was just random words until now...

[@littlebigjohn69]

im a rocker and i just love puccini, verdi, etc. especially these ariars.

[@오페-j1u]

Mimi? i don't know where is Mimi mi mi is very strong!! on the movie

[@tarkovsky69]

Who's here from Kafka on the shore? 🐈

[@yuliiamalakotina1420]

Here because of Kafka on the shore

[@성수동햄주먹-b1e]

라보엠 - 내 이름은 미미

[@leeujii]

03:36

[@RossyT80]

I don't know bodiloto! I don't know who he is! Anyway I don't hate Romania,I hate the idea you have about me! You really make me laugh! I NEVER SAID I DON'T LIKE ANGELA AND ANNA IN ALL THE ROLES! I don't like in these videos! I find Angela a very good Magda in "La Rondine"! I like singers indipendently form their nationality! I'm not so bigoted! And KZbin is a free community! I can say what I want! So shut up! No one asked your opinion! You commented my post! I NEVER asked you anything!

[@pepitogrillo8263]

Nope.

[@radubradu]

I like her but she is playing a Mimi that is too seductive and I don't think that really goes with the character. A woman who wonders at the sunrise and the flowers is a bit childlike, innocent and naive.

[@janebrown7231]

Yes, my thoughts too. " But after the thaw, the first sun of April is MINE" - Mimi is a wonderfully innocent young woman as written in the opera. You might try Nicole Car at the Royal Opera House. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJfSq59-qr93acU Or of course the ultimate modest Mimi, Mirella Freni.

[@oktamer]

i don’t think she really fits mimi’s role…

[@raheldeborah]

Don’t get me wrong, this is still a really nice performance and her voice is beautiful... but her performance is not that of a Mimi... I’m sorry. It just isn’t

[@christinec.6685]

Beverly Sills might have liked it. She used to say, "people play Mimi like a mouse, but she sleeps with a man the first night she meets him. That shy she's not."

[@finisterrae577]

It must be agonising for each soprano, however good they may be, always to be in the shadow of the one and only divina: la Callas.

[@radux5111]

go to callas! here is gheorghiu

[@angelabender8132]

Teatrica, eccessiva Mimi' e' una piccola modesta ricamatrice, non una farfallona

[@LOlena-gf1lj]

Her facial expression is ridiculous.... bye bye Mimi...

[@gopolesio9397]

L. Olena omg! Who are you to judge the best soprano of the 21st Century? Go and f* yourself !

[@vickyk1861]

I like her voice but not the faces she's making

[@nataschacharliecamen]

She is not " making " faces.......that comes from the inside!

[@gabriellavanderveer4931]

I agree. Opera is NOT musical theatre it’s refined emotion unless of course you are a character actor and meant to act a certain way like a grisette or in this case Musetta who would very much act this way because she’s a performer. Mimi is a seamstress. Quiet, reserved, to her self, incredibly inward, quiet and gentle. I sing these arias and I’m not some famous opera singer and even little old me figured out Mimi. It might not be her fault. She’s probably following directors telling her to think things that aren’t in the text. Tebaldi is Mimi. 😍

[@gabriellavanderveer4931]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2HHZ5ueaKl2fK8 this is perfection of the characters inner self that she doesn’t grasp.

[@arnaudrcs]

too dark sometimes, and the expressions on her face are nonsense!

[@84years]

this is a totally crap interpretation of mimi.Check out mirella freni who shows she is the boss

[@juanjesus8817]

This is not the best interpretation of mimi but is not crap

[@edgargonzalezpineda4795]

I thought I was the only one that didn't like this interpretation. I apologize if this sounds offensive. Some of her vowels are very unclear. Her low "chest" voice doesn't sound real. It actually sounds forced. Yes, Ms. Mirella Freni is one of my favorite interpretations, and Renata Tebaldi.

[@malcrichings9052]

Now you are talking crap.

[@RossyT80]

Her interpretations and her voice haven't anything of Mimi...Look at the grat sopranos: Callas,Scotto,Stratas...THEY ARE Mimi!

[@malcrichings9052]

What a Load Of Rubbish, You Obviously Dont Know What Your Talking About.

[@iloveopera1951]

RossyT80 Callas never sung Mimì on stage, only in one audio recording... Ignorant!

[@alvarodecampostabacaria4223]

No substance in this voice. It's empty, it's all air (fiati). Voice must be full, rich of armonics, strong, stable, solid. Complete. This is wobbling, unbodied, unsure and unpleasant to listen to. This is to an educate ear of course.

[@jorisjoris1986]

And a very humble one, it seems.

[@alvarodecampostabacaria4223]

@@jorisjoris1986 this made me laugh 🙂