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La Bohème
Opéra Bastille - from 02 May to 04 June 2023
Sales open on 15 November 2022 at 12h00
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La Bohème
Opera Giacomo Puccini
Sales open on 15 November 2022 at 12h00
Book Subscribe Option booking This production is no longer available for subscription
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Opéra Bastille - from 02 May to 04 June 2023
2h30 with 1 interval
Language : Italian
Surtitle : French / English
About
In few words:
Was it because the writer Henry Murger had himself known such a life during his youth? That would explain the veracity with which, in his Scènes de la vie de bohème, he depicts those half‑starved, struggling artists, ready to burn their manuscripts for a bit of warmth whilst, in an age of triumphant bourgeois materialism, they dream of another life. Taking up these scenes, Giacomo Puccini offers us the heart‑breaking story of the poet, Rodolfo, and the fragile Mimi, and some of the most beautiful pages in the repertoire. The director, Claus Guth, sets their broken love affair in space, creating a universe in which the past resurges in the form of hallucinatory flashbacks. In this surprising setting, Puccini’s music resounds sublimely, highlighting the very essence of the work: memory as the thread that attaches us to life.
- Opening
- First part 60 mn
- Intermission 30 mn
- Second part 85 mn
- End
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La Bohème
Opera in four acts (1896)
After Henry Murger, Scènes de la vie de bohème
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Music :
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Libretto :
Giuseppe Giacosa
Luigi Illica
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Conductor :
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Chorus master :
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Director :
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Set design :
Étienne Pluss
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Costume design :
Eva Dessecker
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Lighting design :
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Video :
Arian Andiel
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Choreography :
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Dramaturgy :
Yvonne Gebauer
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Mimì :
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Musetta :
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Slávka Zámečníková
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Rodolfo :
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Marcello :
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Schaunard :
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Colline :
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Gianluca Buratto
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Alcindoro :
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Parpignol :
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Sergente dei doganari :
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Un doganiere :
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Pierpaolo Palloni
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Un venditore ambulante :
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Performances
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Gallery
Audio clips
La Bohème – « il primo sole è moi »
La Bohème – « Chi son ? Sono un poeta »
La Bohème - « Sono Andati » (Sonya Yoncheva)
La Bohème - « Un passo, un detto, un vezzo, un fior… »
Media coverage
Unprecedented dramatic richness
Marie-Aude Roux, Le MondeThe appearance of Mimi in her red dress, almost sleepwalking, is beautifully poetic.
Marie-Aude Roux, Le MondeBy propelling Puccini's opera into a space station, Claus Guth gives it a salutary dusting, even if it means making the purists jump.
Guillaume Tion, Libération
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About the work
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