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Artistic direction: Mihaela Sandu-Bogdan
Scenography: Dragoș Moldovan
Choir conductor: Corneliu Felecan
Stage director: Iulian Dumitraș
Assistant stage director: Alexandra Ciurbe
Prompters: Monica Denițiu, Liana Oltean
Musical preparation: Lelia Serafinceanu, Nagy Gergő, Adelina Sabău
Mimì: Anita Hartig/Diana Țugui
Rodolfo, poet: Stephen Costello (guest)/Hector Lopez
Marcello, a painter: Florin Estefan / Mihai Damian / David Pogana
Musetta: Elizaveta Ulakhovich (guest) / Ana Pavel (guest)
Schaunard, a musician: Cristian Hodrea / Sebastian Balaj
Colline, a philosopher: Corneliu Huțanu / Zoltan Molnar
Parpignol: Gelu Moldovan
Benoit, the house landlord: Petre Burcă / Simonfi Sandor
The Sergeant: Alexandru Potopea
A customs officer: Tudor Demeter
The Orchestra and the Choir of the Romanian National Opera in Cluj-Napoca
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show category: opera, Premiere
Opera in four acts (libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica, based on Henry Murger’s Scènes de la vie de bohème)
Recommended Age: 7+
The combination of love, tenderness, and sacrifice spirit found between the young Mimì and Rodolfo, or, on the other hand, of love, jealousy and extravagance that keep Musetta and Marcello together, but also the comical situations centered around Benoit – the owner of the garret where the four artists live –, or around Alcindoro – the funny, but rich, old man who accompanies Musetta – are all revealed by charming sonorities, expressive melodies and perfectly-adapted dynamics. The tragic death of the heroine is simply emphasizing the verist essence of the opera. Despite the misery they face in everyday life, these four friends – Marcello the painter, Rodolfo the poet, Schaunard the musician, and Colline the philosopher – stick together until the end!
It’s all about Puccini’s La bohème, inspired by Henry Murger’s La Vie de bohème novel, which renders a chapter of the four artists’,, terrible and jolly life”, and relies on autobiographical facts.
Albeit at its premiere, held on February 1st, 1896 under Arturo Toscanini’s baton on La Fenice Theatre’s stage in Venice, the music critic Carlo Bersezio argued that, most probably, the interest in Puccini’s La bohème will not last much longer, the charming opera will conquer the entire Italian peninsula, but also Buenos Aires, Alexandria, Lisbon, Moscow and London (at Royal Opera House), achieving worldwide success.
The performance has three intermissions and ends at around 9.30 p.m.
The performance is interpreted in Italian with Romanian supertitles.