The four principals include world-class singers who “have experience in their roles from productions around the country” making their Virginia Opera debuts. Moving the setting to pre-war Paris is expected to make it even “more relatable” for modern viewers, whether Baby Boomers or Millennials. The setting for “La Boheme” will be “fresh and new” with the production taking place in the winter of 1938-39 Paris on the cusp major hostilities of WWII. Virginia Opera has a cast of “the very best of the best singers” to perform “La Boheme,” said Adam Turner, principal conductor and artistic advisor, Virginia Opera. “La Boheme” is the next Virginia Opera offering to grace the Center for the Arts stage. It is one of the most frequently performed operas in the world. Soon, Northern Virginia audiences will be able to be transfixed by Puccini’s mesmerizing masterwork “La Boheme.” It is so much more than a mere musical tale of a penniless poet and a destitute, ill seamstress who fall in love and suffer through heartbreak and tragedy.įueled by a sumptuous score, “La Boheme” has hypnotized audiences for over a century. There will be a pre-performance discussion led by Dr. Call: 88 or visit: Note: Sung in Italian with English supertitles.

Where and When Puccini’s “La Boheme” performed by Virginia Opera at George Mason University, Center for the Arts, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax. VA, Virginia Opera’s “La Boheme” at Center for the Arts.

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