La boheme at Filene Center - Wolf Trap

Puccini's story of love, youth and tragic loss in 19th-century Paris comes to vibrant life under the baton of Grant Gershon leading the National Symphony Orchestra, featuring striking sets and costumes and a cast of brilliant young singers, at Filene Center at Wolf Trap. La bohème finds the poor poet Rodolfo and the painter Marcello drawn into a tangle of love and jealousy after the frail Mimi knocks on their door, desperately seeking help. These youthful dreamers navigate the complicated maze of romance amid the colorful Bohemian enclaves of the city and its snowy streets, until they realize they can no longer hide from the world's harsh realities. A huge hit when Puccini premiered it in 1896, the opera's popularity and power hasn't dimmed since.