As timeless as it is heartbreaking, the story of love among young artists in Paris, can stake its claim as the world’s most popular opera. It has a marvelous ability to make a powerful first impression and to reveal unsuspected treasures after dozens of hearings. At first glance, La Bohème is the definitive depiction of the joys and sorrows of love and loss; on closer inspection, it reveals the deep emotional significance hidden in the trivial things—a bonnet, an old overcoat, a chance meeting with a neighbor—that make up our everyday lives. Giacomo Puccini's beloved opera premiered in 1896.
Our performance features soprano Juliana Grigoryan as the feeble seamstress Mimì opposite tenor Stephen Costello as the ardent poet Rodolfo. Daniele Rustioni conducts.
