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Life on the precipice: Opera Australia revives its Berlin Bohème

By Patricia Maunder, 09 November 2018
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“Kovalevska... sang with power and radiance, but also nuanced expression”
Reviewed at Arts Centre Melbourne: State Theatre, Melbourne on 7 November 2018
Programme
Puccini, La bohème
Performers
Opera Australia
Pietro Rizzo, Conductor
Gale Edwards, Director
Brian Thomson, Set Designer
Julie Lynch, Costume Designer
Maija Kovalevska, Mimì
Yosep Kang, Rodolfo
Christopher Tonkin, Marcello
Jane Ede, Musetta
Shane Lowrencev, Schaunard
Richard Anderson, Colline
Graeme Macfarlane, Benoît
Adrian Tamburini, Alcindoro
Benjamin Rasheed, Parpignol
Hugh Halliday, Revival Director
Opera Australia Chorus
Orchestra Victoria
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Adrian TamburiniBenjamin RasheedBrian ThomsonChristopher TonkinGale EdwardsGiacomo PucciniGraeme MacfarlaneHugh HallidayJane EdeJulie LynchLa bohèmeMaija KovalevskaOpera AustraliaOpera Australia ChorusOrchestra VictoriaPietro RizzoRichard AndersonShane LowrencevYosep Kang
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Patricia Maunder
Patricia Maunder
Patricia Maunder has been an arts journalist for more than 20 years, contributing to publications in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK including The Sydney Morning Herald and Opera magazine. She is based in Melbourne, but considers Montreal her 'other' hometown after living there in 2012-16. For more about Patricia, visit her website.