Opera North, England will present La Boheme - Giacomo Puccini (1896) scheduled for winter 2010.
Puccini’s masterpiece, La Boheme is one of the most famously melodious of all operas and is regarded as one of the top ten operas in the world.
Opera North’s production, first directed by Phyllida Lloyd, whose stage production and film of the musical Mama Mia! have created global phenomenon, returns to entertain new audiences after almost a decade.
Set in the grimy, tumultuous Paris of the 1950’s, Mimi, a consumptive seamstress and poet, Roldolfo instantly fall in love but are inevitably torn apart by Mimi’s incurable illness.
This story of impossible young love, heartbreak and regret is revived by a cast of the best young international talent, including the French soprano Anne Sophie Duprels (Madama Butterfly 2007), Turkish tenor Bulent Bezduz, Polish baritone Marcin Bronikowski and French bass Frederic Burreau. -- www.operanorth.co.uk
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