#La boheme opera new york series#
Written in 1896, La bohème is based on the 1849 Henri Murger novel (later turned into a play) Scènes de la vie de bohème, a complex series of individual vignettes about people incorrectly referred to by the French as “Bohemians.” The name comes from the vibrant and probably romanticized lifestyle of gypsy-like people from Central Europe it stands as a metaphor for young, carefree, invariably poor artistic types, rebels against society who live for art. “And the story is fairly realistic by operatic standards, which I think helps people to relate to it on a personal level.” “People are drawn in by Puccini’s emotionally charged music,” she says. Soprano Anna Netrebko, who sang Mimì in the 2010 Metropolitan Opera production, concurs.
Love stories in opera and movies - this is something that is happening in our lives, and that is why it is easy to understand.”
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Soprano Aleksandra Kurzak, who sang Musetta in the 2006 Hamburg State Opera production and sings Musetta’s aria (“Quando m’en vo”) on her new compilation, Gioia! (Decca), tells Listen: “It’s a simple love story, full of melodies you can sing at home. There is no pageantry for its own sake the opera is lean and tells a good story. Its melodies are profuse and easy to recall, but there’s nothing trite about any of them, and each is suited to the situation. An opera without villains, its characters are regular people and easy to relate to.
Opera lovers and critics alike often argue over which opera is the “greatest.” Is it Mozart’s Don Giovanni? Verdi’s Otello? Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde? You can’t really lose if you pick any of them.īut there’s a chance that if you discuss which is the most lovable, charming and approachable opera, after a moment’s thought, the opinions will fall in one direction: Giacomo Puccini’s La bohème. It’s no accident that Puccini’s La bohème remains the most performed opera.
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