Vick and Mariotti refresh Bohème in Bologna

Por James Imam, 23 enero 2018

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“Mariotti succeeds in matching broad-brushstroke romanticism with the finer detail of an etching”

Crítica hecha desde Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Bolonia el 20 enero 2018

Puccini, La bohème

Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Michele Mariotti, Dirección

Graham Vick, Dirección de escena

Richard Hudson, Diseño de escena, Diseño de vestuario

Alessandra Marianelli, Mimì

Matteo Lippi, Rodolfo

Sergio Vitale, Marcello

Ruth Iniesta, Musetta

Andrea Vincenzo Bonsignore, Schaunard

Evgeny Stavinsky, Colline

Bruno Lazzaretti, Benoît, Alcindoro

Coro di Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna

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James Imam

James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.