Savonlinna Opera Festival
The genuine Turin opera tradition
Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performances:2.8. (premiere), 4.8., 6.8.2016 at 19.00
Sung in Italian.Finnish and English surtitles.Duration approximately 3 hours. One interval.
Cast includes:Erika Grimaldi (Mimì), Stefano Secco (Rodolfo), Aida Garifullina (Musetta), Simone Piazzola (Marcello), Simone Del Savio (Schaunard), Roberto Tagliavini (Colline).
Orchestra and chorus of Teatro Regio Torino.
The genuine Turin opera tradition
A sensation such as this is a rare experience: Teatro Regio Torino and their premiere of the masterpiece La bohème are coming to the Opera Festival. This massively popular opera had its first performance in Turin in 1896 under the baton of Arturo Toscanini.
Leading a Bohemian life as a student in Italy himself, Puccini collected themes and ideas for music, which he managed to portray in La bohème, the story of the love between Mimì and Rodolfo. In the opera’s libretto, the Parisian winter is chilly, but at Savonlinna the company is assured of a warm welcome in what is the first performance of this work at the Festival.
Conductor: Gianandrea NosedaStage director: Vittorio BorrelliStage design: Saverio Santoliquido & Claudia BoassoCostumes: Laura ViglioneLighting design: Andrea AnfossiChorus master: Claudio Fenoglio
A Teatro Regio Torino production