The Teatro San Carlo di Napoli has announced a cast change for its upcoming production of “La Bohème.” The company said that Diana Damrau will no longer sing the title role. As a result, Selene Zanetti will take over Damrau’s dates which were June 30 and July 2, 5, and 7, 2023. Meanwhile, Carolina López Moreno will take over Zanetti’s {…}
Opera Philadelphia closes its 2022-23 season with a bold staging of Puccini’s “La Bohème” that reverses the order of the famed opera. Following its premiere at the Detroit Opera, Yuval Sharon will bring his production of Puccini’s most famous work which presents the opera starting with Act four and ending with Act one. In a statement, Sharon said, “Reordering a {…}
(Photo credit: Prudence Upton) The stories on which Puccini based his much-loved opera “La Bohème” (Henri Murger’s “Tales from Bohemian Life”) were set in Paris in the 1830s. Puccini and his librettists distilled from Murger’s diverse and diffuse vignettes of life amid the crowded echelons of poorer Parisian society a throughline of love and dying among four young struggling artist-friends {…}
San Francisco Opera has announced the dates and locations for its upcoming “Boheme Out of the Box,” a series of free, live performances of an abridged version of Puccini’s famous work. The showcase will take place between March 10-April 2, 2023. The company will travel to outdoor locations through the Bay Area in the Spring in celebration of their Centennial {…}
(Credit: Corey Weaver) The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its upcoming revival of “La Bohème.” The company said that sopranos Sylvia D’Eramo and Leah Hawkins will be singing Musetta in the upcoming spring performances of Puccini’s La Bohème, replacing Kristina Mkhitaryan. D’Eramo will join the cast on April 21, 24, and 28; and May 2, 6 (matinee), {…}
On Jan. 12, Opera Hong Kong will open a production of “La Bohème.” The production will bring together artists from around the world, including some local talent. The cast will also feature leading soprano Francesca Dotto in her company role debut. Dotto has a history with Puccini’s masterpiece as it was with in the role of Musetta that she made {…}
Opera Hong Kong is set to present Puccini’s “La Bohème” starting on Jan. 12, 2023. There will be a total of four performances of the opera, which ends its run on Jan. 15, 2023. The production, which will be directed by Tang Shu-wing and conducted by Roberto Gianola, will star Kang Wang as Rodolfo. Alternating the role of Mimì will {…}
(© Decca / Simon Fowler) Soprano Aida Garifullina has announced that she is canceling her next two appearances at the Staatsoper Berlin on Dec. 27 and 29. The soprano took to social media to make the announcement, noting “My dear friends….This is my absolute favorite time of the year, even though it is a period where we are exposed to {…}
On January 20, 2023, the Orchestra Philharmonique et Choeur des Melomanes will open their year with Puccini’s “La Bohème.” Held at the Maison Symphonique, this concert staging will feature tenor Andrew Haji as Rodolfo and soprano Myriam Leblanc as Mimi, joined by 60 musicians and 120 singers from the OPCM and Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal. Company Artistic Director Francis Choiniere {…}
The Korean National Opera is set to present a production of Puccini’s “La Bohème” in time for the holiday season. The Puccini favorite will open on Dec. 1 and run through the 4th at the Opera Theater, Seoul Arts Center. Sebastian Lang Lessing will conduct a production directed by Sook Young Kim and featuring sets by Jin Kyu Choi. Costumes {…}
Luciano Pavarotti may have enjoyed the moniker “King of the High ‘Cs,” but the TRUE high “C” king of the 21st Century, having flitted effortlessly through a career filled with an abundance of top notes, finds himself the star of this Richard Jones revival, a production now in its fourth year. I WAS to have reviewed Juan Diego Flórez’s debut {…}