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Work: La bohème

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ComposerLeoncavallo, Ruggero (1857-1919)
PeriodRomantic
Year1897
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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TurinLa bohèmeNew production

Alessandro Luongo (Rodolfo), Simone Del Savio (Schaunard) and Francesco Salvadori (Colline) © Daniele Ratti
Leoncavallo: La bohème
Andrea Battistoni; Francesco Micheli; Teatro Regio di Torino; Davide Signorini; Giada Masi; Gianni Bertoli; Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino
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The ‘other’ Bohème falls flat in Turin

Alessandro Luongo (Rodolfo), Simone Del Savio (Schaunard) and Francesco Salvadori (Colline) © Daniele Ratti
We all know Giacomo Puccini’s La bohème, but what of the version by Ruggero Leoncavallo? Francesco Micheli tries to make a case at the Teatro Regio di Torino. 
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Bright singing, grim staging

A disappointing staging for the Jette Parker Young Artists' annual showcase at the Royal Opera House. 
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Leoncavallo's rarely produced La bohème offers enchanting musical variety, delivered in a well-cast concert staging by West Edge Opera.
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