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LOCATION:Deutsche Oper Berlin\, Berlin
SUMMARY:La bohème
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DESCRIPTION:This work by Puccini is probably the most famous of all artist 
 operas and at the same time a portrait of a group of young people who live
  for the moment without considering the consequences of their actions. Gö
 tz Friedrich's magnificent production reflects the glamour and misery of P
 aris during the Belle Époque ... Conductor: Jurai Valčuha / Anna Handler
 \; Director: Götz Friedrich\; With Attilio Glaser\, Philipp Jekal\, Thoma
 s Lehman\, Volodymyr Morozov\, Maria Motolygina\, Alexandra Oomens and oth
 ers.\nAbout the workA garret in Paris on a cold winter’s day around Chri
 stmas. Rodolfo\, a writer\, and Marcello\, a painter\, are working on thei
 r masterpieces. They have no money to buy food\, pay the rent or fuel the 
 stove. Colline\, a philosopher\, returns from the pawn shop empty handed\,
  having failed to get rid of some books. Only Schaunard\, a musician\, has
  managed to come up with some victuals\, kindling\, cigars and cash\, so o
 ff they go to Café Momus - without Rodolfo\, who’s trying to work. Mim
 ì\, the embroiderer from next door\, arrives to ask for a match to light 
 her candle with. She collapses and loses her key\; cue for Rodolfo to fall
  in love with Mimì\, who is terminally ill with TB\, although he dumps he
 r two months later because the prospect of her ailment getting steadily wo
 rse in her freezing home is too much for him. Six months go by. Musetta\, 
 Marcello’s ex\, arrives with Mimì\, whose condition is grave. Musetta s
 ells some earrings with a view to buying medicine\; Colline gives up his c
 oat. Gratitude and happiness for a short while. Rodolfo thinks Mimì is sl
 eeping and her body regenerating\, …but in fact she’s dead.\n\nWith hi
 s EDGAR [1889] and MANON LESCAUT Puccini had already made his name as a ma
 estro of musical colour\, but it was not until LA BOHÈME that he achieved
  the marriage of material and score that moved Claude Debussy to raptures:
  »No one in my mind has captured the essence of Paris so well as Puccini 
 in LA BOHÈME«. Puccini’s impressionistic style is a blend of subjectiv
 e feeling and objective tonal painting. From the very beginning the music 
 is working its charm\, be it through the sound painting\, atmospheric touc
 hes or local colour conveyed by the score: Rodolfo and Marcello burning th
 e script\; the poet flicking water on Mimì’s unconscious brow to cool h
 er down\; in Act 2 the chorus representing the crowd in contrast to the or
 chestra embodying the military parade\; in Act 3 the restrained\, austere 
 music conveying the atmosphere of a chilly winter’s morning.\n\nAbout th
 e productionGötz Friedrich’s production from 1988 transposes the action
  from 1840s Paris to the end of that century\, i.e. to Puccini’s own pre
 sent day. His version of the work\, with its colourful depictions of Belle
  Époque Paris and the outsized stage sets\, continue to captivate audienc
 es 35 years later.
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