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Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2025 Review: La Bohème

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(Photo: Marc Brenner) Considered one of the most beloved and frequently performed operas in the world, “La Bohème” is the perfect blend of  exquisite music, timeless tales, and romantic themes, an ideal first opera for any budding enthusiast. Its incarnations have included a rock musical, placing the opera in space, in a hospital, as well as a setting based in {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Glyndebourne Festival Opera Review 2022: La Bohème

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Photo credit: © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. “La bohème”, as the archetypal verismo opera, tends to resist stagings that take it much beyond the confines of nineteenth-century Paris, and indeed non-naturalistic approaches to the work. (Audiences tend to resist them too.) The two most successful in London recently have been John Copley’s recently retired version at the Royal Opera House – {…}

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Annette Dasch & Magnus Vigilius Headline ‘Káťa Kabanová’ at Komische Oper Berlin

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(Credits: Opera Online / Oper Leipzig official website) The Komische Oper Berlin will present a new production of Leoš Janáček‘s opera “Káťa Kabanová” in November and December 2021. The opera house has assembled a cast that includes heldentenor Magnus Vigilius as Boris Grigorjevič; bass Jens Larsen as Savël Prokofjevic Dikój; mezzo-soprano Doris Lamprecht in the role of Marfa Ignatěvna Kabanová; {…}