| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 29-Apr-2013 The London Coliseum | Refreshingly unfussy: Jonathan Miller's classic La bohème revived at ENO |
 What to do with a “classic revival” that has, in the main, met the critics’ eye of approval? That was the question facing Natascha Metherell, the revival director of ENO’s production of La bohème, which opened this week at the Coliseum. The revival was in fact deftly handled: a production which remained faithful to Miller’s original vision, with honest, rather than over-egged, sentimentality.
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| 9-Mar-2013 Civic Opera House | Netrebko and Calleja in Chicago's La Bohème |
 This past Saturday night at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, opera superstars Anna Netrebko and Joseph Calleja successfully transformed an otherwise ordinary, four-star La Bohème at the Lyric into an extraordinary, five-star experience.
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| 21-Jan-2013 Civic Opera House | La Bohème at Lyric Opera of Chicago |
 On Monday night – and, one might guess from the way the opera crowd gripped their collars as they swept into the Civic Opera House, the coldest night in Chicago this winter – a new La Bohème opened at the Lyric (it’s on loan from the San Francisco opera). It’s a straight production, meaning that those who need period costumes and a helping of gently falling snow with their Bohème will go home satisfied.Read full review... | |
| 2-Nov-2012 Patricia and Arthur Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric | Georgy Vasiliev's Rodolfo triumphs: La bohème in Baltimore |
 “Poetry and again poetry – tenderness mixed with pain; sensuality, a drama surprising and burning, and a rocketing finale.” This is composer Giacomo Puccini describing one of the world’s most famous operas, La bohème. Puccini’s opera presents both directors and opera singers with a serious artistic challenge, and La bohème calls for a lot more than attractive sets, flattering costumes and pleasant voices. To be a true success, the production of this opera requires first-tier vocalism and most convincing acting.
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