La Bohème - Opéra National de Paris (2017)
No one better described the half-starved, struggling artists than Murger in his Scènes de la Vie de Bohème: artists ready to burn a manuscript to try to keep warm yet,in an era of triumphant bourgeois materialism, dreaming of another existence. Taking up these scenes of Bohemian life, Puccini offers us a heart-breaking love story and some of the most beautiful music in the history of opera in the story of the poet Rodolfo and fragile Mimi. The staging of this new production has been entrusted to Claus Guth who sets the drama in a future devoid of hope in which love and art become the sole means of transcendence.
Directors: François Roussillon, Claus Guth.
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Atalla Ayan as Rodolfo |
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Artur Ruciński as Marcello |
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Alessio Arduini as Schaunard |
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Roberto Tagliavini as Colline |
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Nicole Car as Mimì |
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Aida Garifullina as Musetta |
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Antonel Boldan as Parpignol |
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Marc Labonnette as Alcindoro |
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Gustavo Dudamel as Conductor |
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Paris National Opera Orchestra as |
| Writing | Henri Murger | Original Story |
| Writing | Giuseppe Giacosa | Writer |
| Writing | Luigi Illica | Writer |
| Sound | Gustavo Dudamel | Conductor |
| Directing | Claus Guth | Stage Director |
| Directing | François Roussillon | Director |
| Writing | Giacomo Puccini | Opera |
| Sound | Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris | Musician |
| Sound | Choeur de l'Opéra National de Paris | Musician |
| Sound | Giacomo Puccini | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Claus Guth | Director |