From 4 December till 17 December 2020

From 4 to 17 December 2020

Giacomo Puccini
LA BOHÈME

Opera in four acts

Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, after the novel by Henri Murger Scènes de la vie Bohème

Conductor | Juraj Valčuha

Master of the Chorus | Gea Garatti Ansini

Master of the Children Chorus | Stefania Rinaldi

Stage director | Emma Dante*

Set designer | Carmine Maringola*

Costume designer | Vanessa Sannino*

Lighting designer | Cristian Zucaro*

Choreographer | Sandromaria Campagna*

Cast

Mimì | Selene Zanetti*

Musetta | Damiana Mizzi*

Rodolfo | Stephen Costello*

Marcello | Ilya Kutyukhin*

Schaunard | Pietro Di Bianco*

Colline | Daniel Giulianini*

Benoit / Alcindoro | Matteo Peirone

Parpignol | Daniele Lettieri

Orchestra and Chorus Teatro di San Carlo

with the participation of the Children Chorus of Teatro di San Carlo

New Production of Teatro di San Carlo

* debut at Teatro di San Carlo

December 2020

SERIE ORO

Friday 4 December, h 20.00 - Series A - Fee I

SERIE CREMISI

Sunday 6 December, h 17.00 - Series F - Fee III

Wednesday 9 December, h 18.00 - Series B - Fee IV

Friday 11 December, h 20.00 - Out of subscription - Fee IV

Sunday 13 December, h 17.00 - Out of subscription - Fee III

Friday 15 December, h 20.00 - Series C/D - Fee IV

Thursday 17 December, h 18.00 - Out of subscription - Fee IV

Sung in Italian with Italian and English surtitles
Running time: about 2 hours and 50 minutes, including one interval

Since its premiere in Turin in 1896 La Bohème has been considered one of the most beloved operas of all times in music history and every return to Naples is a cherished discovery. As in the great works of drama and literature, the protagonist is young love, lived fiercely despite the misery and modesty of a loft and shared with bohemian artists. La Bohème is a unique opera not only as far as Puccini's production but also in the operatic landscape of a century that was about to leave room for a new one. Surely Puccini's syndrome kills the heroine of the moment as it happens in his other works, however, thanks to music, the mix between pathos and vital energy creates a perfect device built on the balance of couples in love. Puccini composed sublime music to describe a situation of social unrest, which today appears very modern and actual, as it is pointed out by Emma Dante's own interpretation in this new production of Teatro San Carlo, destined to be performed many times with its innovative formula and constant renewal of the show.