La Bohème by Puccini, lør. 07 dec. 2019, Fra (2019/2020), Instrueret af Immo Karaman,, Dirigent Julia Jones, Johannes Pell, Michael Cook, Oper Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany

One of the most touching opera material ever and the ideal gateway drug for opera newcomers. In the Parisian artist scene in the Latin Quarter, things seem to be fun. One lives on air and love: the painter Marcello and Musetta quarrel and regularly reconcile loudly; the writer Rodolfo meets and falls in love with the flower embroiderer Mimì on Christmas Eve. But then it becomes tragic: Mimì has tuberculosis and cannot afford treatment. The bohemians realize the seriousness of the situation too late, and Mimì dies. With his adaptation of Henri Murger's serialized novel ›Das Leben der Bohème‹, Giacomo Puccini created what is probably the most authentic work of the Italian opera genre »Verismo«. The emotional life of the individual characters is translated into psychologically charged and, in the best sense of the word, truthful music that you can hardly escape emotionally.