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Understated elegance: Robert Carsen's sublime La bohème in Antwerp

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Reviewed at Opera Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Antwerp on 27 December 2015
Puccini, La bohème
Antonino Fogliani, Conductor
Robert Carsen, Director
Michael Levine, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Luciano Ganci, Rodolfo
Monica Zanettin, Mimì
Hasmik Torosyan, Musetta
William Berger, Marcello
James Homann, Schaunard
Thierry Vallier, Alcindoro, Benoît
Leonard Bernad, Colline
Symfonisch Orkest Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
Koor Opera Vlaanderen
Jean Kalman, Lighting Designer
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