GENERAL INFORMATION
View Date and Location: 10 November 2015
Premiere Date: Turin Italy on 1 Feb 1896 at the Regio Theater.
Language: Italian
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Director: Kyle Lang
Language: Italian
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Director: Kyle Lang
REVIEWS
MY RATING: 9
STORYLINE
The opera tells the story of a love affair between a poor poet and an equally poor seamstress in 19th century Paris. The opera is based on a book by Henri Murger called Scenes from Bohemian Life (French: Scènes de la vie de bohème).
MY REVIEW
This was a touching story. Mimi and Rodolfo were perfect. This compelling and tragic romance is one that was doomed from the beginning but still needed to be told.
This is everything that an opera should be in one single event. Its emotional. It's musically romantic. It's just perfect. I think the Virginia Opera did an amazing job with the two leads that we cast to play Mimi and Rodolfo. Soprano Elaine Alvarez bring a superb performance with her smooth rustic voice and a sad love for Rodolfo, played by tenor Jason Slaydon who epitomized the clumsy love-lorn poet. Watching his heartbreak on the stage was almost surreal. I actually found myself shedding a few tears at some points. That was the true piece for me when I realized how MUCH I was feeling this story.
I am a true believe in the work of Puccini.
This is everything that an opera should be in one single event. Its emotional. It's musically romantic. It's just perfect. I think the Virginia Opera did an amazing job with the two leads that we cast to play Mimi and Rodolfo. Soprano Elaine Alvarez bring a superb performance with her smooth rustic voice and a sad love for Rodolfo, played by tenor Jason Slaydon who epitomized the clumsy love-lorn poet. Watching his heartbreak on the stage was almost surreal. I actually found myself shedding a few tears at some points. That was the true piece for me when I realized how MUCH I was feeling this story.I am a true believe in the work of Puccini.
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