We will be showing Puccini’s La Boheme live from the Royal Opera House on Wednesday 29th January at 7.45pm
When Rodolfo, a penniless poet, meets Mimì, a seamstress, they fall instantly in love. But their happiness is threatened when Rodolfo learns that Mimì is gravely ill.
Puccini’s opera of young love in 19th-century Paris is packed with beautiful music, including lyrical arias, celebratory choruses for Act II’s evocation of Christmas Eve in the Latin Quarter and a poignant final scene over which the composer himself wept.
Richard Jones’s character-led production perfectly captures La bohème’s mixture of comedy, romance and tragedy, with striking designs by Stewart Laing. The cast features some of the greatest interpreters of Puccini’s bohemian lovers performing today, as well as former members of The Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artists Programme
Doors open 30 minutes before the performance commences. Please arrive in plenty of time to register and, if you wish, order interval drinks.
For booking information please go here
Cast and Creatives | |
Music: Giacomo Puccini Libretto: Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume Director: Richard Jones Designer: Stewart Laing Lighting designer: Mimi Jordan Sherin Movement director: Sarah Fahie | Mimì: Sonya Yoncheva Rodolfo: Charles Castronovo Marcello: Andrzej Filończyk Musetta: Aida Garifullina Schaunard: Gyula Nagy Colline: Peter Kellner Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra of the Royal Opera House |