La Boheme presented by Washington National Opera at The Kennedy Center

La Boheme

The Kennedy Center
2700 F Street, NW Washington

Washington National Opera's La Boheme is Puccini's timeless tale of young bohemians in Paris struggling to fulfill their dreams and find love returns in a brand-new production filled with moonlit duets, snowy streets, rowdy celebrations, and heartrending tears.

Presented by Washington National Opera

Thru - Nov 15, 2014

Price: $25-$310

Show Type: Opera

Running Time: 2 hours, 30 mins; one intermission

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DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

"...Young love is in the air, lifted there by a host of young performers in the Washington National Opera’s new production of La bohème. Most of the cast and crew are making their WNO debut. Many are former and even current members of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program, the WNO’s international training program for promising opera talent. Giacomo Puccini composed the music and Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica wrote the libretto for this famous and oft-performed opera which first debuted in 1896. It’s been seven years since the WNO last tackled it. It’s sung in Italian with English surtitles."

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- Jessica Vaughan

The Georgetowner - Recommended

"...The lovers—but not the friends—come together, split up, the two swains singing achingly of their predicaments. Eventually, as the winter snow falls beautifully on stage, they all gather together with Rodolfo, stricken with love and impending loss as he sees Mimi fading away. In that elongated scene leading to her passing — not as long as the “La Traviata” death scene — the group comes together, with Musetta showing her mettle, John Bloom, as Colline, coming forth with a full-throated and surprising solo, and both Pirgu and Winters finding their voices and their emotions in tandem. In their singing, their placement on the stage, the Bohemians become a group, gathering around the dying Mimi, offering gifts, succor, food and shared grief, not to mention beautiful music."

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- Gary Tischler

MD Theatre Guide - Highly Recommended

"...In an opera that seems, especially in a strong production, to pass too quickly, we see Mimi and Rodolfo, his friends, the painter Marcello, philosopher Colline, and musician Schaunard, and Marcello’s sometime, flirtatious girlfriend Mimi, face the obstacles of artistic block, poverty, and rocky love affairs. But they never lose their sense of humor (sometimes at other people’s expense) or their strong loyalty to one another. Rodolfo’s friends and Musetta go off to sell their meager possessions to buy medicine for Mimi, but when they return, it’s too late."

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- Barbara Trainin Blank

DCTheatreScene - Somewhat Recommended

Giacomo Puccini’s abiding tale of tragic love proved its unassailable endurance as the Washington National Opera’s restrained, ashen La bohème received an enthusiastic standing ovation at the Kennedy Center on opening night.

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- Roy Maurer

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La Boheme Reviews

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

The Georgetowner - Recommended

MD Theatre Guide - Highly Recommended

DCTheatreScene - Somewhat Recommended

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