Opera Philadelphia is performing one of the most famous operas in the repertoire at the Academy of Music this spring, but they're turning the classic on its head.
Opera Philadelphia will transport audiences to 19th-century Paris with Puccini's La bohme.
"But it's a La bohme like you've never seen it before," says Frank Luzi, Vice President of Opera Philadelphia. "But we're going to do it a little differently this time around. We're going to do it in reverse order," he says."Traditionally, you begin with young love and hope, and you end with tragedy," he explains.The four-act opera follows two couples.
"Mim and Rodolfo have this love at first sight story," says Kara Goodrich, a longtime Opera Philadelphia singer."She works as a seamstress and she kind of has this quiet life that is interrupted when she meets Rodolfo and his friends on Christmas Eve," says Goodrich."They have this on again, off again romance," she says.Goodrich says in this production, "we're adding some text and an extra character.
Luzi says Opera Philadelphia wanted to stay true to the story, while also giving the artform space to breathe and grow.Opera Philadelphia presents La bohme April 28-May 7 at the Academy of Music.
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