Vick and Mariotti refresh Bohème in Bologna

Par James Imam, 23 janvier 2018

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

Critique faite à Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Bologna, le 20 janvier 2018

Puccini, La bohème

Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Michele Mariotti, Direction

Graham Vick, Mise en scène

Richard Hudson, Décors, Costumes

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.