La boheme
From: Tuesday, 30th October 2012
To: Saturday, 19 January 2013
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Synopsis
Puccini's most enduring opera. The story of the love of the poor poet Rodolfo for the consumptive seamstress Mimi. Set in the Latin Quarter of Paris the course of their love is constantly threatened by Rodolfo's jealousy and Mimi's illness. The painter Marcello and the provocative Musetta are the other main characters. This is where 'your tiny hand is frozen' comes from and the last few bars, as Rodolfo realises Mimi is dead, are some of opera's most moving moments.
Our Review:
15 November 2012
OperaUpClose's La bohème started life above a grimy pub in Kilburn three years ago and has now clocked up 300 performances, a landmark to add to its Whatsonstage and Olivier Awards. You now have a chance to catch it on what may well be its final London run, at the Charing Cross Theatre, under the arches and the occasional rumble of commuter trains.
Puccini’s lyricism gets pulled out of shape, especially in the student scenes where you could almost be listening to Berg, and a keener eye could be kept on the storytelling, but the production’s vitality is still there and the updated scenario, complete with witty and anachronistic improvisations, keeps things fresh.
OUC’s staging of the second act was always a bit of a gimmick but a darn good one and, if an element of danger is now missing, it still holds surprises in an inventive re-realising of the original idea that suits the new venue perfectly.
Casting i...
Creative
Puccini (Music)
Giacosa (Lyrics)
Illica (Lyrics)
Murger (Book)
Dominic Haddock (Producer)
Adam Spreadbury-Maher (for OperaUpClose) (Producer)
Robin Norton-Hale (Translation)
OperaUpClose (Company)
Robin Norton-Hale (Director)
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