Organization

Spoleto Festival USA

Stage director

Yuval Sharon

Singer

Soprano

Lauren Michelle

Mimi

Baritone

Troy Cook

Marcello

Brandie Sutton

Musetta

Benjamin Taylor

Schaunard

Bass

Calvin Griffin

Colline

Tenor

Matthew White

Rodolfo

Conductor

Kensho Watanabe

Boston Lyric Opera

Others

Spoleto Festival USA Chorus

Detroit Opera

Italian

La Bohème

Charleston

United States

La bohème Puccini

Public

English

Approved

What if life didn’t end in death, but in a return to love? In this rewinding of a tragic tale, Yuval Sharon—“the most innovative opera director in the United States” (The New York
Times)—reimagines La bohème, taking us from devastation to hope, from loneliness and despair to the greatest joy of life.

Set in 19th-century Paris, our curtain rises on the final act of Puccini’s masterpiece. From there, the opera plays scene by scene until the beginning, with its four starving artists preserved in eternal youth and dusted with the blush of love. Bold and unconventional, this fresh take is itself a bohemian work of art: experimental, nonconforming, original.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble

Co-Producer