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La bohème

Friday, September 23, 2022 | 7:30PM
Sunday, September 25, 2022 | 3PM
Friday, September 30, 2022 | 7:30PM
Sunday, October 2, 2022 | 3PM
Emerson Colonial Theatre

Composer Giacomo Puccini
Librettists Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa

Approximate running time: 100 minutes
Sung in Italian with English surtitles.

How does a group of young artists go from tragedy to hope? From death to life? From loneliness to love? In this visionary treatment of Puccini’s masterpiece La bohème, BLO does just that — by presenting the opera in reverse order. From finish to start, from death to the promise of new love, from loneliness and despair to the joy of friendships, wine, and song, this reversal presents the characters and arias we love in a refreshing, new vision of the story. Our favorite starving young artists and lovers survive to live another day.

A co-production of Boston Lyric Opera, Detroit Opera, and Spoleto Festival, USA.
David Angus is sponsored this season by Linda Cabot Black.
This production of 
La bohème is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Cast Photos