Work: La bohème

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Composer	Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)
Period	Romantic
Librettist	Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa
Year	1896
Work type	Opera / Oratorio

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New York CityLa bohème

Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, Nov 21 13:00, Nov 25 19:30, Nov 28 20:00, Dec 02 19:30, Dec 05 20:00, Dec 10 19:30, Dec 13 15:00, Dec 30 19:30, 2021 Jan 02 20:00, Jan 05 19:30, Jan 09 13:00, Jan 21 19:30, Jan 24 15:00, Jan 29 19:30

Puccini: La bohème

Domingo Hindoyan; Franco Zeffirelli; Metropolitan Opera; Nimrod David Pfeffer; Peter J. Hall; Piero Pretti

Staatsoper, Nov 29, Dec 02, 05, 08 at 00:00

Puccini: La bohème

Eun Sun Kim; Franco Zeffirelli; Vienna State Opera; Marcel Escoffier; Atalla Ayan; Ruzan Mantashyan

Nationaltheater, Dec 16 20:00, Dec 19 18:00, Dec 21 19:00

Puccini: La bohème

Eun Sun Kim; Otto Schenk; Bavarian State Opera; Rudolf Heinrich; Benjamin Bernheim; Ailyn Pérez

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Opernhaus, Dec 17 19:30, Dec 25 18:00, 2021 Jan 02 19:00

Puccini: La bohème

Christoph Gedschold; Peter Konwitschny; Oper Leipzig; Johannes Leiacker; Robert Watson; Gal James

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Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, 2021 Apr 10, 13, 17 at 19:30

Puccini: La bohème

Marco Armiliato; Franco Zeffirelli; Metropolitan Opera; Peter J. Hall; Matthew Polenzani; Angel Blue

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Juan Diego Flórez successfully debuts as Rodolfo in Zurich's Bohème

Juan Diego Flórez (Rodolfo) and Ruzan Mantashyan (Mimì) © Toni Suter

Laura Servidei, 08 Mar

In a reprise of Ole Anders Tandberg’s somewhat confused production, a solid cast performs a charming bohème, under the baton of Marco Armiliato.

***11

Aida Garifullina (Musetta) © ROH | Tristram Kenton

David Karlin, 10 Jan

This third revival of Richard Jones' production is thoroughly competent but struggles to rise above the routine.

***11

Zvetelina Vassileva (Mimi), Miroslav Dvorsky (Rodolfo) and Roman Trekel (Marcello) © Monika Rittershaus (2001)

Laura Servidei, 08 Jan

The Staatsoper Unter den Linden revives a successful, romantic production by Lindy Hume, with Eleonora Buratto and Benjamin Bernheim as the protagonists.

****1