Royal Opera

La Bohème

In Cinemas 26, 27 & 30 Nov 2022
Conductor
Kevin John Edusei
Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Cast
Juan Diego Flórez (Rodolfo), Ailyn Pérez (Mimì), Andrey Zhilikhovsky (Marcello), Danielle de Niese (Musetta), Ross Ramgobin (Schaunard), Michael Mofidian (Colline)
Composer
Giacomo Puccini
Director
Richard Jones
Set Design
Stewart Laing
Duration
2h57 including an interval
Sung in Italian, with English subtitles
Captured live from Covent Garden, London, 20 Oct 2022
Official Event Listing

Opera in four acts (1896)

Puccini's opera of passion, friendship and heartbreak features a star-studded cast, stylishly conducted by Kevin John Edusei.

Paris, 1900. Penniless writer Rodolfo (Juan Diego Flórez) believes that art is all he needs – until he meets Mimì (thrilling soprano Ailyn Pérez), the lonely seamstress who lives upstairs. So begins a timeless love story that blooms, fades, and rekindles with the passing seasons.

But while the couple’s friends Marcello (Andrey Zhilikhovsky) and Musetta (Australian-born soprano Danielle de Niese) passionately row and make up, a force greater than love threatens Rodolfo and Mimì. 

Richard Jones’s first-class production evokes the vivid contrasts of fin de siècle Paris, from Bohemian apartments to glittering arcades.

Royal Opera

The Royal Opera is one of the world’s leading opera companies. Based in London’s iconic Royal Opera House (1858) in Covent Garden, it is renowned both for its outstanding performances of traditional opera and for commissioning new works by today’s leading opera composers, such as Harrison Birtwistle, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Thomas Adès.

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