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Staatsoper Hamburg

Stage director

Stage director (+2)

Guy Joosten

Set designer

Set designer (+3)

Johannes Leiacker

Costume designer

Costume designer (+1)

Jorge Jara

Lighting designer

Lighting designer (+1)

Davy Cunningham

Conductor

Conductor (+2)

Ramón Tebar

Chorusmaster

Chorusmaster (+1)

Christian Günther

Tenor (+4)

Freddie De Tommaso

Rodolfo

Baritone (+3)

Nicholas Mogg

Schaunard

Gyula Orendt

Marcello

Bass (+2)

Han Kim

Colline

Baritone (+4)

Grzegorz Pelutis

Benoît

Soprano (+1)

Yaritza Véliz

Mimi

Soprano (+4)

Katrina Galka

Musetta

Tenor (+3)

Aaron Godfrey-Mayes

Parpignol

Bass-baritone (+3)

Keith Klein

Alcindoro

Orchestra

Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg

Hamburgische Staatsoper

Chorus

Hamburg State Opera Choir

Children and youth choir of the Hamburg State Opera

How ice-cold is this little hand” – a hand held by the poet Rodolfo in the darkness of his artists’ commune! The ice-cold hand belongs to the seamstress Mimì – with whom he proceeds to throw himself into the Christmas season in Paris. Only a few months later, though, she finds living with Rodolfo torturous. It is not jealousy, however, which explains Rodolfo’s behaviour: he knows that Mimì will not last the year. "La Bohème" was based on Henri Murger’s extremely successful novel "Les scènes de la vie de bohème", which had entranced Puccini when he first read it. His wish to set the tale to music was so strong that he even risked ruining his friendship with Ruggero Leoncavallo, who was also working on a opera version of it. Today, the opera premiered in 1896 is considered one of the most popular stage works of all times – thanks to an overabundance of melodies and Puccini’s genius for character portraits.

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