G.Puccini's La Bohème (VIVA! Opera 69)

Ruth Ann Swenson

Ruth Ann Swenson photographed in her dressing room at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday June 12, 2008. Credit: Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

Ayako Ohtake, a Sydney-based Japanese soprano singer, hosts monthly music segment called VIVA! Opera for SBS Japanese.


VIVA! Opera is a music content broadcast on the 4th and 5th Thursday each month. In the 69th episode, the last episode before this year's Christmas, Ms Ohtake picks 'Quando m’en vo' from La Bohème composed by G.Puccini.

You can listen to both the segment and the music via our catch-up link (available for one week after broadcast).

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