Puccini’s La Bohème

The gardens will be open from 5pm. Free car parking in field adjacent (follow the signs).

There will be a cash-only bar and light refreshments will be available. NO PICNICS PLEASE.

This is an outdoor event so please dress accordingly. Bring a rug and extra layers in case it gets chilly. There will be a short interval during the performance.

CAST:

Christine Buras - Mimi

Davide Basso - Rodolfo 

Leila Alexander - Musetta

Alistair Ollerenshaw - Marcello

Andrew Tinkler - Benoît / Alcindoro

Ashley Mercer - Schaunard

Frazer Scott -  Colline 

Directed by Sasha Regan

Musically directed by Ben Woodward benwoodwardconductor.com REGENTS OPERA Regents Opera (est. 2011) is a leading fringe Opera Company specialising in the larger works of the 19th & 20th centuries.

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Puccini's most romantic, yet tragic, opera is set in a rundown quarter of 19th century Paris. La Bohème brings us the lives and loves of struggling writers and artists, living on the edge of poverty alongside working class tenants for whom the horror of tuberculosis is all too real.

The doomed love of poet Rodolfo for seamstress Mimi propels the story; running in parallel is the on-off affair of painter Marcello and singer Musetta. When money comes in, it's all round to the local cafe; when there's none, unsold poems are burnt for warmth, and precious candles are shared. 

The premiere of La Bohème was in Turin in February 1896, conducted by a young Arturo Toscanini. Within just a few months, it was being performed in opera houses all over the world, and today remains the fourth most frequently performed opera worldwide.