LA BOHEME
By Giacomo Puccini
Produced by Melbourne Opera
In honour of the centenary of the beloved composer’s death, Melbourne Opera presents a new production of Puccini’s most popular and romantic opera La Bohème.
An extraordinary cast featuring two beloved international sopranos, Elena Xanthoudakis as Mimi and Helena Dix as Musetta with Boyd Owen as Rodolfo and Christopher Tonkin as Marcello will be directed by the award-winning Gary Abrahams and conducted by Raymond Lawrence.
Directed by Gary Abrahams
Set Design by Jacob Battista and Sophie Woodward
Costume Design by Harriet Oxley
Lighting Design by Nicholas Pijanti
Conducted by Raymond Lawrence
Rodolfo – Boyd Owen
Mimi – Elena Xanthoudakis
Marcello – Christopher Tonkin
Musetta – Helena Dix
Schaunard- Stephen Smith
Colline – Darcy Carroll
Benoit/Alcindoro – John Bolton-Wood
Parpignol – Asher Reichman
2024 Green Room Award Nominee:
Outstanding Direction -Opera
Outstanding Set Design- Opera
La Boheme ★★★★
Gifted theatre director Gary Abrahams returns to opera after an exciting debut with Melbourne Opera’s Lucrezia Borgia in 2022. Once again he engages the audience, firstly with a setting that seems less distant in time and place; his bohemians are in early 20th century Melbourne. Secondly, there’s a degree of naturalism unusual in opera, including moments of gentle humour and strong ensemble work.- Patricia Maunder (Limelight)
“brings a vibrantly and affectingly drawn beauty and pathos to it incorporating a level of detail hard to beat by director Gary Abrahams.- Paul Selar (Australian arts Review) ★★★★
“Melbourne Opera’s stunning rendition of La Bohème. It is simply sensational. The story. The music. The voices. The realisation. It is so lively and emotional. It is cheeky and sexy and fraught.” - Alex First ★★★★
