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Conductor

Conductor (+2)

Clelia Cafiero

Stage director

Stage director (+7)

Jonathan Miller

Revival Stage Director

Stage director (+2)

Crispin Lord

Costume designer

Isabella Bywater

Set designer

Lighting designer

Lighting designer (+2)

Jean Kalman

Revival Lighting Designer

Lighting designer (+1)

Marc Rosette

Translator

Translator (+1)

Amanda Holden

Tenor (+2)

Joshua Blue

Rodolfo

Baritone (+5)

Charles Rice

Marcello

Soprano (+1)

Vuvu Mpofu

Musetta

Baritone (+3)

Patrick Alexander Keefe

Schaunard

Bass-baritone (+3)

Dingle Yandell

Colline

Bass (+1)

Paul Sheehan

Benoît

London Coliseum

Andrew Tinkler

Alcindoro

Bass (+2)

Adam Sullivan

Parpignol

Robert Winslade Anderson

A customs officer

Bass

Ronald Nairne

A customs sergeant

Soprano (+2)

Nadine Benjamin

Mimi

Madeline Boreham

Returning to the ENO by popular demand, Jonathan Miller’s iconic production of La bohème, set in 1930’s Paris, carries you away with its intensity. Whether this is your first visit or your fifth, you’ll be swept up in an evening of hope and heartbreak, lit up by some of Puccini’s most exquisite music.

The story of La bohème
At the heart of the opera is a beautifully simple love story that rings as true now as when it was written 130 years ago.

A young Parisian couple, Mimì and Rodolfo, fall in love. They lead a simple, bohemian life. They’re poor – but want for nothing. Their love will sustain them, or so they believe. But as Mimì grows unwell, illness and poverty test their passion to the limit – and Rodolfo must make a terrible choice.

The staging and score of La bohème
Miller’s classic production draws on Brassai’s photos of 1930’s Paris. As the photographer captured the city’s shadow-side as well as its glamour, so the production centres the energy of Parisian boho life away from the boulevards.

This mood is perfectly reflected in Puccini’s masterful score, which leads us from the first spark of love to its final flickering embers – through some of opera’s most memorable music, including ‘Musetta’s Waltz’.

The singers and creatives of La bohème
We welcome internationally renowned tenor Joshua Blue to the ENO for the first time. He takes the role of Rodolfo, appearing alongside ENO favourite Nadine Benjamin as Mimì. A former Harewood artist and part of our Olivier Award-nominated production of Blue, she stars as the seamstress after singing the role of Musetta in ENO’s 2019 La bohème. Current Harewood artist, Patrick Alexander Keefe, is Schaunard.

The revival is directed by Crispin Lord and conducted by Italian pianist-conductor, Clelia Cafiero, who makes her ENO and UK Opera debut.

La bohème Creative Team 2024

Clelia Cafiero
Conductor

Jonathan Miller
Director

Crispin Lord
Revival Director

Isabella Bywater
Set and Costume Designer

Jean Kalman
Original Lighting Designer

Marc Rosette
Revival Lighting Designer

Amanda Holden
Translator

La bohème Opera Cast 2024

Nadine Benjamin
Mimì
26, 28 Sept; 3, 5, 19 Oct

Madeline Boreham
Mimì
10, 12, 15, 17 Oct

Joshua Blue
Rodolfo

Charles Rice
Marcello

Vuvu Mpofu
Musetta

Patrick Alexander Keefe
Schaunard

Dingle Yandell
Colline

Paul Sheehan
Benoît

Andrew Tinkler
Alcindoro

Adam Sullivan
Parpignol

Robert Winslade Anderson
Official

Ronald Nairne
Policeman

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