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Jonelle Sills, Matthew White, Lucia Cesaroni & Zachary Rioux Lead Vancouver Opera’s ‘La Bohème’

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Vancouver Opera is set to conclude its 2025-26 season with Puccini’s “La Bohème” at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. In a statement, Tom Wright, Vancouver Opera General Director said, “This season has been an extraordinary journey for Vancouver Opera, and there could be no more fitting a finale than ‘La Bohème.’ Puccini’s music captures youthful love and loss with breathtaking immediacy {…}

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Austin Opera to Present ‘La Bohème’ with Joshua Blue & Brittany Olivia Logan

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Austin Opera’s 40th Birthday Season is set to conclude with  Puccini’s “La Bohème.” The opera will be performed at the Long Center for four performances between April 30 and May 3, 2026. The work will star tenors Joshua Blue and Demetrious Sampson, Jr as Rodolfo  and sopranos Brittany Olivia Logan and Maria Brea as Mimi. They will be joined by {…}

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Opera på Skäret Unveils Cast for 2026 ‘La Bohème’ Production

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Opera på Skäret has announced the cast for its summer 2026 production of Puccini’s “La Bohème.” The production is directed by American Jennifer Williams, making her debut at Opera på Skäret, and conducted by Italian Lorenzo Coladonato. The role of Mimì will be shared between Swedish soprano Anna Hedendahl and Ukrainian soprano Kseniya Bakhritdinova. Rodolfo is shared between South Korean {…}

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Northern Ireland Opera & Diva Opera Team Up for ‘La Bohème’

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Northern Ireland Opera (NI Opera) and Diva Opera have announced a new collaboration to present Puccini’s “La Bohème” at Belfast’s Carlisle Memorial Church. The production, which will take the stage on May 16, 2026, stars Mary McCabe as Mimì, Robyn Lyn Evans as Rodolfo, Tereza Gevorgyan as Musetta, and Jean-Kristof Bouton as Marcello. The production has been made possible through {…}

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Q & A: Soprano Ruth Iniesta on ‘Jugar con Fuego,’ Zarzuela, ‘Rigoletto’ & ‘La Bohème’

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(Credit: Gemma Escribano) This month Ruth Iniesta is set to return to the Teatro de la Zarzuela, where she will sing the role of La duquesa de Medina in “Jugar con Fuego.” The zarzuela by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, which premiered in 1851, is relatively unknown and for this production, the Madrid theater will present a new production. Throughout the past {…}

Opera Meets Film, Reviews, Video Productions

Opera Meets Film: Review for Robin Norton-Hale’s ‘La Bohème’

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(Photo: La Boheme movie still press image) There’s no denying it. Italian opera, or ANY opera in another language for that matter, loses something, intrinsically, when it’s sung in English. Additionally, operas performed as a motion picture for cinema lose something more, by necessity, the artists having to mime to a pre-recorded rendition, negating the true passion and emotion of {…}

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Robin Norton-Hale’s ‘La Bohème’ Film to Hit Cinemas on March 3

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Puccini’s “La Bohème” will hit UK cinemas on March 3, 2026, in a striking new film adaptation set in present-day East London. The work was reimagined by writer and director Robin Norton-Hale, who is also Artistic Director and CEO of English Touring Opera and the founder of OperaUpClose, and stars Scottish tenor Matthew in his breakout feature film debut as {…}

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Ashley Milanese Leads Sarasota Opera’s ‘La Bohème’

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Sarasota Opera will open its 2026 Winter Festival with Puccini’s “La Bohème.” The opera will open on Feb. 14 at the Sarasota Opera House and will run through March 28, 2026. The cast will include Ashley Milanese as Mimì, WooYoung Yoon as Rodolfo, Virginia Mims as Musetta, Filippo Fontana as Marcello, Young Bok Kim as Colline, Brian Kontes as Benoit, {…}