Met Opera 25/26: La Bohème (TBC)
World premiere: Teatro Regio, Turin, 1896.
La Bohème, the passionate, timeless, and indelible 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.
Cast
Mimì - Juliana Grigoryan
Musetta - Heidi Stober
Rodolfo - Freddie De Tommaso
Marcello - Lucas Meachem
Schaunard - Sean Michael Plumb
Colline - Jongmin Park
Benoit/Alcindoro - Donald Maxwell
Conductor
Keri-Lynn Wilson
Composer
Giacomo Puccini
Sung in Italian with English subtitles
ESTIMATED RUN TIME
3 HRS 30 MINS, WITH TWO INTERMISSIONS