The Opera Tattler

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Category: La Bohème

  • Welsh National Opera’s 2008-2009 Season

    September 19- October 11 2008: OtelloSeptember 26- October 9 2008: Il Barbiere di SivigliaFebruary 7-28 2008: Le Nozze di FigaroOctober 8-10 2008: JenůfaFebruary 12-27 2009: L'Elisir d'AmoreFebruary 24-26 2009: SaloméMay 13- June 4 2009: The Queen of SpadesMay 18- June 6 2009: La BohèmeJune 2 2009: Mitridate, Re Di Ponte Rebecca Evans is has her…

  • La Bohème at Seattle Opera

    * Notes * La Bohème is in the middle of a twelve performance run at Seattle Opera, with two casts. The production is from the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the whole thing looks just as one would expect. Pier Luigi Pizzi’s sets are perfectly traditional, as are Martin Pakledinaz’s costumes. The choreography was sometimes over…

  • Lorito il becco aprì, un pocco di prezzemolo da Socrate morì!

    Mark Lamos’ 1996 production of La Bohème is quite beautiful. Michael Yeargan’s set is nearly perfect, the garrett opens up nicely into the Latin Quarter so that Act I transitions seamlessly into Act II. If only they could have done the same with Acts III and IV, the gorgeous Act III set for the Barrière…

  • Budapest and Vienna

    We went to the Hungarian State Opera twice to see La Bohème and Manon Lescaut. They were having a Puccini Festival, so now I’ve seen more Puccini than anything else as far as opera goes. The opera house is so gorgeous, inside and out, though I’ve only been on the inside of five opera houses.…