Tears in the rain: La bohème at the Staatsoper Berlin

By Laura Servidei, 10 January 2020

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“Eleonora Buratto’s smooth lyric soprano was perfect for Mimì”

Reviewed at Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin on 8 January 2020

Puccini, La bohème

Staatsoper Berlin

Alexander Soddy, Conductor

Lindy Hume, Director

Dan Potra, Set Designer

Carl Friedrich Oberle, Costume Designer

Benjamin Bernheim, Rodolfo

Eleonora Buratto, Mimì

Alfredo Daza, Marcello

Adriane Queiroz, Musetta

Adam Kutny, Schaunard

Jan Martiník, Colline

Olaf Bär, Benoît, Alcindoro

Andrés Moreno García, Parpignol

Franz Peter David, Lighting Designer

Kinderchor der Staatsoper Berlin

Staatsopernchor Berlin

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Laura Servidei

Mathematician, science nerd, translator of popular science books, obsessed opera fan since the teen years. Day job: business analyst in a software house developing systems for the financial industry. Amateur choral singer. Main musical interests: baroque music and Italian opera. Originally from Italy, currently based in Sweden. I make a mean eggplant parmesan.