Name: La Bohème
Start: 2023-05-24
End: 2023-05-24
Location: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Organization

Set designer

Lee Savage

Costume designer

Jennifer Moeller

Lighting designer

Bruno Poet

Choreographer

Ben Wright

Singer

Soprano

Gabriella Reyes

Mimi

Jacqueline Echols

Musetta

Baritone

Gihoon Kim

Marcello

Blake Denson

Schaunard

Bass

Peixin Chen

Colline

Conductor

Alevtina Ioffe

Stage director

Peter David Kazaras

Assitant conductor

Adriano Spampanato

Revival Lighting Designer

A.J. Guban

Tenor

Kang Wang

Rodolfo

Samuel Weiser

Benoît

Washington National Opera

Italian

La Bohème

Washington D.C.

United States

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

La bohème Puccini

Public

English

Approved

La Bohème Puccini

Life is short. Join the party.

Music by Giacomo Puccini / Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
In Italian with Projected English Titles
Composed 1896
WNO Production

Oh, to be young and in love in Paris! Sure, there are bills to be paid—but there’s also art, moonlight, and poetry! When a group of young bohemian artists gets tangled up in love’s highs and lows, growing up is its own bittersweet heartbreak.

If tomorrow isn’t guaranteed, then make today a party! No other group of friends bursts with more youthful optimism than in Puccini’s tough and tender story. This striking production features grand sets evoking the city of love, from the gritty garrets of the Left Bank to the bustling Café Momus. With an acclaimed international cast, ravishing music, and relatable tale of exuberance and struggle, Puccini’s La bohème will win your heart for the first or fiftieth time.

Oh, to be young and in love in Paris! Sure, there are bills to be paid—but there’s also art, moonlight, and poetry! When a group of young bohemian artists gets tangled up in love’s highs and lows, growing up is its own bittersweet heartbreak.

If tomorrow isn’t guaranteed, then make today a party! No other group of friends bursts with more youthful optimism than in Puccini’s tough and tender story. This striking production features grand sets evoking the city of love, from the gritty garrets of the Left Bank to the bustling Café Momus. With an acclaimed international cast, ravishing music, and relatable tale of exuberance and struggle, Puccini’s La bohème will win your heart for the first or fiftieth time.

La Bohème by Puccini, Wed 24 May 2023, From (2023/2023), Directed by Peter David Kazaras,, Conductor Alevtina Ioffe, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C., United States

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