The Royal Opera - La bohème Reviews
29 March 2024
Michael Fabiano (Rodolfo), Nicole Car (Mimi)
General scene
Simona Mihai (Musetta)
Mariusz Kwiecien (Marcello), Simona Mihai (Musetta)
Michael Fabiano (Rodolfo), Nicole Car (Mimi)

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La bohème

The Royal Opera


No. 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
Audience member saves Royal Opera's La bohème
When Atalla Ayan developed vocal difficulties, Charles Castronovo stepped in to sing across from his wife Ekaterina Siurina, who starred in La bohème.
'Tell me what traditional means'
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.
Production details
Cast
Fabiano/Bernheim/Polenzani/Ayan, Car/Mihai/Agresta/Siurina, Kwiecien/Arduini/Bondarenko/Dupuis, Sempey/Nagy/Rock/Pogossov, Tittoto/Radó/Sim, Mihai/El-Khoury/Borovko/de Niese, White, Pencarreg
(c) Pappano/Griffiths/Luisotti (d) Jones
Performance dates
11, 13, 16(m), 19, 23(m), 25, 29 September, 3, 6, 7, 10 October 2017, 16, 19(m), 20, 22, 25, 26, 27, 30 June, 4, 11, 14(m), 14, 20(m), 20 July 2018
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