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Deutsche Oper Berlin, Main Stage
30 Jun 2026, Tue
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7:30 PM
Puccini had already proved his ability as a brilliant musical colourist with EDGAR (1889) and MANON LESCAUT, but it was only with LA BOHÈME that a perfect marriage of subject matter and musical...
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast:
Juraj Valčuha,
Alexandra Oomens,
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La bohème
Premiere of this production:
01 February 1896,
Teatro Regio, Turin
Place: Paris
Time: Around 1830.
Act 1
In the four bohemians' garret (Christmas Eve)
Marcello is painting while Rodolfo gazes out of the window. They complain of the cold. In order to keep warm, they burn the manuscript of Rodolfo's drama. Colline, the philosopher, enters shivering and disgruntled at not having been able to pawn some books. Schaunard, the musician of the group, arrives w ... Read More
La bohème
Opera
Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Teatro Costanzi
30 Jun 2026, Tue
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8 PM
Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata returns to Teatro dell’Opera di Roma in a sumptuous staging by acclaimed filmmaker Sofia Coppola.
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast:
Dmitry Korchak,
Ermonela Jaho,
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La traviata
Premiere of this production:
06 March 1853,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Set in and around Paris in about 1850.
Act I
Violetta Valéry, a Parisian courtesan, greets the guests at her salon. Among them are Flora Bervoix, the Marchese D’Obigny, Baron Douphol and Gastone, who introduces Violetta to a new admirer of hers, Alfredo Germont. The young Germont, who has been admiring her from afar, joins her in a drinking song. An orchestra strikes up in an adjace ... Read More
La traviata
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