Organization

Stage director

Yuval Sharon

Conductor

Vimbayi Kaziboni

Singer

Soprano

Joanna Zawartko

Mimi

Tenor

Andrei Danilov

Rodolfo

Tetiana Miyus

Musetta

Baritone

Neven Crnić

Marcello

Dariusz Perczak

Schaunard

Bass

Daeho Kim

Colline

Markus Butter

Benoît

Ivan Orescanin

Alcindoro

Martin Fournier

Parpignol

Christian Thausing

Roland Kluttig

Lighting designer

Helmut Weidinger

Dramaturge

Bernd Krispin

Chorus master

Bernhard Schneider

Furnishing

Bernd-Dieter Müller

Annette Zepperitz

Libretto

Giuseppe Giacosa

Luigi Illica

Matthew White

Edward Parks

Benjamin Taylor

Boston Lyric Opera

Michigan Opera Theatre

Italian

La Bohème

Detroit

United States

Public

Private

German

Approved

How do we go from tragedy to hope? From death to life? From loneliness to love? In this visionary treatment of Puccini’s opus La bohème, MOT does just that — by presenting the opera in reverse order. From finish to start, from death to the promise of new love, from loneliness and despair to the joy of friendships, wine, and song, this reversal presents the characters and arias we love in a refreshing, new vision of the story. Our favorite starving young artists and lovers survive to hope another day.

Presented in the Detroit Opera House in a co-production with Boston Lyric Opera, this bold, unconventional take on Puccini’s opus is itself a bohemian work of art: experimental, nonconforming, original. This production is the first to stage La bohème in reverse, marking an impressive creative milestone for MOT as part of our vision for The Next 50.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Co-Producer