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Soprano

Ermonela Jaho

Mimi

Angela Gheorghiu

Tenor

Charles Castronovo

Rodolfo

Vittorio Grigolo

Baritone

Markus Werba

Marcello

Massimo Cavalletti

Simona Mihai

Musetta

Irina Lungu

Daniel Grice

Schaunard

Lauri Vasar

Bass

Jongmin Park

Colline

Gábor Bretz

Jeremy White

Benoît

Donald Maxwell

Alcindoro

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Cornelius Meister

Stage director

John Copley

Set designer

Julia Trevelyan Oman

Lighting designer

John Charlton

Royal Opera House

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La Bohème

London

United Kingdom

A far from perfect, but deeply moving performance of Puccini's masterpiece, broadcast live nationwide on 15 July 2014. Angela Gheorghiu as Mimì and Vittorio Grigolo as Rodolfo are the leading stars of the last but one revival of John Copley's production of La Bohème.

La bohème Puccini

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Members of The Royal Opera perform the Act IV Finale of Puccini's La bohème. 
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Starring Dmytro Popov as Rodolfo and Maija Kovalevska as Mimì; with Stefania Dovhan as Musetta, Audun Iversen as Marcello, Nahuel di Pierro as Colline and David Bižić as Schaunard.
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La bohème had a lukewarm reception at its premiere in 1896, but its fortunes almost immediately changed. Giacomo Puccini's romantic depiction of bohemian Paris, with memorable music and a love story drawn from everyday life, has captivated audiences round the world, making La bohème one of the best-loved of all operas. It was first performed in Covent Garden in 1897 and has had more than 500 performances here since.

John Copley's production re-creates Paris in the 1830s, from the lively Latin Quarter, where hawkers and traders ply their wares, to a drafty attic where impoverished artists live hand-to-mouth. Rodolfo and Mimì's love story is given moving expression through Puccini's score, from their first meeting in Act I (a scene which contains some of the composer's most exquisite arias and duets) to their poignant reunion in Act IV. These moments of emotional intensity are contrasted with the colourful spectacle of the Café Momus and surrounding streets in Act II, where Puccini presents a cross-section of Parisian society in all its noise and vibrancy.

La bohème - Act IV Finale (Dmytro Popov and Maija Kovalevska, The Royal Opera)

La Bohème by Puccini, From (2014/2014), Directed by John Copley,, Conductor Cornelius Meister, Royal Opera House, London, United Kingdom

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