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La boheme
Ever been young, poor and in love?
When Mimi and Rodolfo meet, they fall hopelessly for each other - but the course of true love rarely runs smoothly and Puccini’s passionate and evocative music carries them from heart-stopping romance to heart-breaking loss as their story tumbles towards its conclusion.
It’s a familiar tale and one that rings true in any era. Tony award-winning Director Stewart Laing updates the action to the modern art scene of 21st century New York - as young, penniless artists, Mimi and Rodolfo, along with their friends Marcello and his flamboyant sweetheart Musetta, scrape a living together selling their work. The vibrant characters stand out all the more for the drab reality of their lives; their dreams of riches too easily lost in the chaos of the city that never sleeps…
La boheme is one of the world’s favourite operas for good reason and has inspired a generation of love stories, most recently Moulin Rouge. From Rodolpho’s tender singing of ‘Your tiny hand is frozen’ to Musetta’s provocative and fiery waltz, and the beautifully guileless ‘They call me Mimi’ it perfectly captures the passion, and the pain, of being young, poor, and in love.
La boheme Unwrapped 7 May 6pm
Running time approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes
*Pre-show talk 8 May 6pm
**Audio Description/Touch Tour 8 May 6pm
New to Opera? Try Opera Unwrapped – a FREE hour-long taster. Call your local Box Office to book. You can also listen to music from the show at www.scottishopera.org.uk
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Revival of 2004 production
Conductor
Francesco Corti
Director
Stewart Laing
Movement Director
Ian Spink
Lighting
Heather Carson
Fight Director
Alison de Burgh
What the Press say
An involving and defiantly different take on a familiar masterpiece
**** The Guardian
***** Daily Mail
***** The List
£46.00 / £36.00 / £30.00 / £20.00 Friends £2.00 off Reduced Rate £43.00 / £33.00 / £27.00 / £17.00 Under 26s £10.00
