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Reviews, Stage Reviews

Royal Ballet and Opera 2025-26 Review: La Bohème

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(Photo: Ian Hippolyte) Richard Jones’ production of “La Bohème,” currently at Covent Garden for its eighth run, is a magnificent piece of art. It is still, however, tempered with a few anomalies including nonsensical stage changes in full view of the audience. I’ve grown to accept set designer Stewart Laing’s bohemian residence, portrayed here as a clinically spruce garret; albeit {…}

Metropolitan Opera 2017-18 Season, Reviews, Stage Reviews

Royal Opera House 2024-25 Review: La Bohème

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(Photo: Puccini’s most beloved masterpiece is a feast at any time of the year, but as a Christmas treat, promises to deliver many gifts. Alas, like ALL gifts, some are more desirable than others; some special, some expected and some unwanted. As is the case with this fifth revival of Richard Jones’s classic 2017 production, where some presents are more {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Royal Opera House 2017-18 Review – La Bohème: Matthew Polenzani, Maria Agresta & Company Trapped In Camp Direction

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The word “Bohemian” – much like the popular terms “retro,” “Goth,” or “vintage” – is yet another label that has offered countless inferences over a plethora of different times. The “Bohème” clique of Puccini, undercut by the whimsy and exuberance of Italian verismo, would contrast with a play rendition of its source, Henri Murger’s “Scènes de la Vie de Bohème.” {…}