Human tragedy: a punchy revival of Jones' La bohème

La bohème, Act 2

Pene Pati (Rodolfo) and Olga Kulchynska (Mimì)

Mikhail Timoshenko (Marcello) and Olga Kulchynska (Mimì)

By Dominic Lowe, 18 December 2024

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“Speranza Scappucci... conducted with infectious enthusiasm, brisk and rambunctious in pacing”

Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 16 December 2024

Puccini, La bohème

The Royal Opera

Speranza Scappucci, Conductor

Richard Jones, Director

Stewart Laing, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Mimi Jordan Sherin, Lighting Designer

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Royal Opera Chorus

Ben Mills, Revival Director

Pene Pati, Rodolfo

Olga Kulchynska, Mimì

Mikhail Timoshenko, Marcello

Amina Edris, Musetta

Josef Jeongmeen Ahn, Schaunard

Alexei Kulagin, Colline

Eddie Wade, Benoît

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Dominic Lowe

Dominic Lowe recently completed a degree in Classics, and one of his great interests is the reception of Greece and Rome in opera. A regular opera-goer since his very early teens, he is particularly keen on the hidden operatic gems of the 19th century. He is largely based in the South of England.

Human tragedy: a punchy revival of Jones' La bohème at the Royal Opera House