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La bohèmeThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 29 | |
Catch La Bohème before the run ends - it's a treat |
 2 Jul 18 / Express |
Musetta is gloriously played with great humour by Danielle de Niese |
| 30 Jun 18 / Express |
Faites-nous rêver! |
| 19 Jun 18 / Forum Opéra |
A deeply disappointing La bohème at the Royal Opera House |
| 19 Jun 18 / Seen and Heard |
La Bohème at the Royal Opera: a simple tragedy, heart-rendingly told |
| 18 Jun 18 / Bachtrack |
Vocally, this La bohème is a triumph |
| 18 Jun 18 / Opera Today |
Matthew Polenzani, Maria Agresta and company trapped in camp direction |
| 18 Jun 18 / OperaWire |
Richard Jones’s production is uncontroversial yet fresh and visually exciting |
| 17 Oct 17 / Australian Book Review |
Renouveau réussi |
| 19 Sep 17 / Forum Opéra |
Leaving you an emotional wreck |
| 18 Sep 17 / Planet Hugill |
THE high expectations riding on the Royal Opera’s new La Bohème are happily met |
| 17 Sep 17 / Express |
The orchestra may throb, but the Royal Opera’s Bohème needs a bit of passion |
| 17 Sep 17 / The Sunday Times |
No boos for Richard Jones’s stylish new production of Puccini’s masterpiece |
| 16 Sep 17 / The Observer |
The musical dynamics of Antonio Pappano’s conducting allowed Puccini’s score to express itself in every note |
| 13 Sep 17 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
Richard Jones's new production of Puccini's opera may yet become a classic |
| 13 Sep 17 / What's on Stage |
No moonlight, no magic: Richard Jones directs a vanilla Bohème for the Royal Opera |
| 13 Sep 17 / Bachtrack |
Richard Jones' new La bohème opens ROH season |
| 13 Sep 17 / Opera Today |
Con regie de Puccini |
| 13 Sep 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
There is much to admire in Richard Jones’s new La bohème for the Royal Opera |
| 13 Sep 17 / Seen and Heard |
With fitful focus on the stage, the evening needed the superb playing and Antonio Pappano’s inspired conducting to hold everything together |
| 13 Sep 17 / Classical Source |
All in all, a very promising start to Richard Jones’ new production of an old favourite |
| 13 Sep 17 / Express |
The path of caution |
| 13 Sep 17 / Financial Times |
A routine production is redeemed by vibrant singing and a passionate orchestra under Antonio Pappano’s peerless direction |
| 13 Sep 17 / The Times |
A spare, unsentimental reading |
| 13 Sep 17 / Evening Standard |
A startlingly new production |
| 13 Sep 17 / Independent |
Spectacle and sentiment not yet in focus |
| 13 Sep 17 / The Arts Desk |
Covent Garden's new season of opera gets off to a flying start |
| 13 Sep 17 / Telegraph |
Efficient but antiseptic production generates passion only in the pit |
| 13 Sep 17 / The Guardian |
Richard Jones meets the challenge of replacing a classic production head on |
| 12 Sep 17 / The Stage |
associated articles [+]
When Atalla Ayan developed vocal difficulties, Charles Castronovo stepped in to sing across from his wife Ekaterina Siurina, who starred in La bohème.
Richard Jones put Rhinemaidens in fat suits, breathed life into Turnage’s Anna Nicole – now he is directing Covent Garden’s first new production of La Bohème for four decades.
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