La bohème
Giacomo Puccini
La bohème
When Puccini’s masterful musical adaptation of Murger’s play *Scenes from Bohemian Life* premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin in 1896, it was clear that the opera would become an immortal part of the repertoire of theaters around the world.
This work, which cemented the triumph of Italian verismo, tells the love story of young people struggling to make ends meet against the backdrop of the artistic scene in 19th-century Paris. Puccini found an apt musical expression for this realistic theme, which, in addition to social criticism, is rich in inner emotions—whether in intimate scenes or in crowd scenes set on the streets of Paris. The powerful story of the love affair between two kindred spirits—the painter Rodolfo and the seamstress Mimi—inspired not only Puccini but also Ruggero Leoncavallo to create an operatic adaptation. However, Puccini’s *La Bohème* far surpassed Leoncavallo’s in both quality and popularity.
Let’s listen to these immortal operatic classics, which, even 130 years after their premiere, have lost none of their appeal.
Creators
- Libretto:
- Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa
- Musical Direction:
- Jiří Štrunc
- Conductor:
- Jiří Štrunc / Josef Kurfiřt
- Director:
- Rocc
- Set Design:
- Rocc
- Costume Design:
- Belinda Radulović
- Chorus Master:
- Ondřej Kunovský, Anna Marie Lahodová, Kuncová Zuzana
- Světelný design:
- Jan Kiml, Jakub Sloup
- Assistant Director:
- Vojtěch Jansa
- Asistent scénografie:
- Borjan Litovski
- Pohybová spolupráce:
- Jarmila Hruškociová
- Dramaturgy:
- Vojtěch Frank
- Hudební příprava:
- Maxim Averkiev, Martin Marek
- Prompter:
- Viktorie Šimůnková
- Stage Manager:
- Petra Kuldová Tolašová
Prersons and actors
- Rodolfo:
- Richard Samek / Martin Šrejma
- Mimi:
- Soňa Godarská / Bree Nichols
- Marcello:
- Jiří Brückler / Jiří Hájek
- Musetta:
- Michaela Katráková / Radka Sehnoutková
- Schnaunard:
- Jakub Hliněnský / Dominik Klapka
- Colline:
- Jan Hnyk / Andrij Charlamov
- Benoit:
- Vratislav Kříž / Jevhen Šokalo
- Alcindoro:
- Petr Horák / Jan Ježek
- Momus:
- David Cizner
- Parpignol:
- Vojtěch Jansa
- Smrt:
- Petra Tion
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Photos from the production
Photo author: Irena Štěrbová
