Organization

Stage director

Stage director (+2)

Richard Jones

Set designer

Stewart Laing

Choreographer

Choreographer (+1)

Sarah Fahie

Bass-baritone (+5)

Jeremy White

Benoît

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Chorus

Royal Opera Chorus

Royal Opera House

Teatro Real de Madrid

Royal Ballet and Opera

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Lighting designer

Mimi Jordan Sherin

Conductor

Conductor (+1)

Kevin John Edusei

Bass-baritone (+2)

Wyn Pencarreg

Alcindoro

Baritone (+3)

Eddie Wade

Bass-baritone (+3)

Michael Mofidian

Colline

Soprano (+3)

Ailyn Pérez

Mimi

Soprano (+2)

Aida Garifullina

Tenor (+7)

Juan Diego Flórez

Rodolfo

Evelino Pidò

Soprano (+4)

Danielle de Niese

Musetta

Lucy Crowe

Baritone (+1)

Andrey Zhilikhovsky

Marcello

Lukasz Goliński

Ross Ramgobin

Schaunard

Baritone (+2)

Dominic Sedgwick

Bass (+2)

Adam Palka

Soprano (+1)

Anna Princeva

Tenor (+4)

Freddie De Tommaso

Tenor

Stefan Pop

Simona Mihai

Bogdan Baciu

Zoltán Nagy

Bass (+4)

Peter Kellner

Tenor (+2)

David Junghoon Kim

Paul Wynne Griffiths

Two fantastic casts perform Puccini’s opera of passion, friendship and heartbreak – one of the best-loved operas worldwide.

Richard Jones’s recent production for The Royal Opera, adapted to accommodate safety regulations, perfectly captures the vulnerability of youth amid the harshness and glamour of a big city. Atmospheric designs by Stewart Laing evoke both the poverty of the bohemians’ attic home and the splendour of Paris’s shopping arcades on Christmas Eve.

The opera blends tragedy and comedy, the soulful and the spirited, into a powerful encapsulation of the intenseness of life’s experiences.

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