Organization

Set designer

William Boles

Stage director

Chuck Hudson

Conductor

Domenico Boyagian

Lighting designer

Kathy Perkins

Costume designer

Daniel James Cole

Lawrence E. Moten, III

Dramaturge

Sheri Williams Pannell

Chorus master

Benjamin Rivera

Bronzeville historian

Singer

Tenor

David Morgans

Rodolfo

Soprano

Michelle Johnson

Mimi

Baritone

Sidney Outlaw

Marcello

Kelebogile Besong

Musetta

Bass

Cory McGee

Colline

Darren Drone

Schaunard

Vince Wallace

Benoît

Alcindoro

Zachary Crowle

A customs officer

David Guzman

A customs sergeant

Florentine Opera

Others

Boys & Girls Club/Golda Meir Children’s Chorus

Florentine Opera Chorus

Orchestra

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Italian

La Bohème

Milwaukee

United States

Marcus Center for the Performing Arts

Uihlein Hall

La bohème Puccini

Public

English

Approved

Four creatives shiver in a garret, where they cheerfully produce their avant-garde works and recognize how fulfilling their lives are, despite poverty and cold. Frederick Ballentine as poet Rodolfo and Michelle Johnson as Mimi blaze into love at first sight, and Musetta and Marcello can’t stay away from each other. Tough decisions abound, as Mimi is dying and Rodolfo can’t care for her. The artists end up back in their garret, but life reunites Musetta and Marcello as Rodolfo says a tearful goodbye to his Mimi. Join this stellar cast for some of the best opera music ever written. 

Luxuriate in the lush movie music and an all-star cast telling this double love story and bromance in a fresh way.  Enjoy stage art created by 2019 Nohl Fellowship winner Ras 'Ammar Nsoroma. Bronzeville expert and dramaturg Sheri Williams Pannell helps us explore this thriving-again city within our city, and the artists and citizens who built it. Original sets and artwork will bring Bronzeville alive for all of us to celebrate.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble