Details

Puccini's most enduring opera. The story of the love of the poor poet Rodolfo for the consumptive seamstress Mimi. Set in the Latin Quarter of Paris the course of their love is constantly threatened by Rodolfo's jealousy and Mimi's illness. The painter Marcello and the provocative Musetta are the other main characters. This is where 'your tiny hand is frozen' comes from and the last few bars, as Rodolfo realises Mimi is dead, are some of opera's most moving moments. New Production

Cast/Performers

Nicole Car (Mimi - some dates), Simona Mihai (Mimi - some dates), Maria Agresta (Mimi - some dates), Ekaterina Siurina (Mimi - some dates), Michael Fabiano (Rodolfo), Benjamin Bernheim (Rodolfo - some dates), Matthew Polenzani (Rodolfo - some dates), Atalla Ayan (Rodolfo - some dates), Mariusz Kwiecien (Marcello - some dates), Alessio Arduini (Marcello - some dates), Andrei Bondarenko (Marcello - some dates), Nadine Sierra (Musetta - some dates), Danielle de Niese (Musetta - some dates), Vlada Borovko (Musetta - some dates), Florian Sempey (Schaunard - some dates), Gyula Nagy (Schaunard - some dates), Duncan Rock (Schaunard - some dates), Rodion Pogossov (Schaunard - some dates), Luca Tittoto (Colline - some dates), Fernando Javier Rado (Schaunard - some dates), In Sung Sim (Schaunard - some dates), Jeremy White (Benoit), Wyn Pencarreg (Alcindoro)

Creatives/Company

Music: Puccini
Lyrics(s): Giacosa, Illica
Book by: Murger
Producer(s): Royal Opera House, Teatro Real Madrid, Lyric Opera Chicago
Director(s): Richard Jones, Richard Jones, Sarah Fahie (movement director)
Conductor(s): Antonio Pappano (some dates), Paul Wynne Griffiths (some dates), Nicola Luisotti (some dates)
Design: Steward Laing
Lighting: Mimi Jordan Sherin