IL BOEMO (THE BOHEMIAN) (F/F) (2023) 

Synopsis

Admired by Mozart, forgotten by history. Czech migrant Josef Mysliveček became one of the most acclaimed and prolific opera composers in eighteenth century Italy. This is the story of an artist able to charm the most demanding of audiences, the most famous performers, the impresarios, and even monarchs themselves. Petr Václav’s episodic script includes Mysliveček’s life as a cosmopolitan playboy interloper in Italian high society, breaking hearts along his adventurous and turbulent way. The film’s Italian milieu is presented in that transitional state between Baroque grandiloquence and Classical lightness, vividly fusing rich historical locations with grandiose design work. The music of course is glorious, featuring Václav Luks’s renowned Baroque orchestra Collegium 1704 with Mysliveček's operatic arias performed by some of the world's leading operatic soloists, such as Philippe Jaroussky, Simona Šaturová, Raffaella Milanesi, Emőke Baráth, and Krystian Adam. Il Boemo (The Bohem