As Marcello:
Puccini - La Bohème / Alagna, Gheorghiu, Scano, Keenlyside, D'Arcangelo, Di Candia Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, conducted by Chailly
George Jellinek, in a review for Opera News of December 1999, wrote that "Simon Keenlyside's Marcello is firm and lively in action."
Claire Wrathall, BBC Music Magazine, writes that "the supporting cast here are mostly outstanding, especially Simon Keenlyside's robust and sympathetic Marcello."
2012 re-release:
CD, amazon.com
CD, amazon.co.uk
1999 release:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Riccardo Chailly, Roberto Alagna
& Simon Keenlyside - Puccini: La Bohème (USA)
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As Schaunard:
Puccini - La Bohème / Alagna, Vaduva, Hampson, Swenson, Keenlyside, Ramey, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Voices, conducted by Pappano , EMI
Christian C. Rix writes for Opera News, January 25, 1997, that "Simon Keenlyside is a special treat in the usually underwhelming role of Schaunard."
ALAGNA/VADUVA/SWENSON - PUCCINI:LA BOHEME (CD), ShoppersChoice.com
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