Giacomo Puccini's
La Bohème
February 21, 22, 28, March 1, 2014
The 1896
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The last place you’d expect to find opera at all, let alone good, exciting opera, is in still-scrappy Bushwick, Brooklyn. But that’s where a new and vital company called LoftOpera has popped up for a two-weekend run of Puccini’s La Bohème in a performance that is as true and moving as any I can remember in 40 years of opera-going.
—James Jorden, The New York Observer
With lamentations over the deaths of the Amato and the City Opera fading, LoftOpera has come along at just the right time. In its sterling production of Puccini’s La Bohème, the best qualities of both vanished companies are brought back in a way that is new and exciting. Youth, intimacy, great singing and innovative staging are to be found in one place, along with an orchestra. And the magic of installation art and site-specific theater has been brought to opera. It’s about time.
—Brett Whiteley, Stagebuddy
Production |
Cast |
Orchestra |
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Stage Director // Laine Rettmer
Music Director // Laetitia Ruccolo Conductor // Dean Buck Room // Jay Scheib with Merkx&Gwynne Lighting Design // Jessica Bennett Master Electrician // Rome Petersson Stage Manager // Paul Kim Artistic Coordinator // Kirsten Scott Stylist // Valentina Ilardi Martin Stylist Assistant // Concetta D'Angelo Logo Designer // Doug Smith at Penmanships Brand Manager // Claudia Vitarelli Creative Director // Daniel Ellis-Ferris General Manager // Brianna Maury Special Thanks To // Patrick Doherty Anna Etsuko Tsuri Gabbi Coenen Atsushi Takaoka Zack Tinkleman James Boehmer at NARS Cosmetics |
Mimì // Liana Guberman
Rodolfo // Won Whi Choi Schaunard // Joel Herold Marcello // Joshua Jeremiah Colline // Pnini Grubner Musetta // Larisa Martinez Benoit & Alcindoro // Paul An Mimì Cover // Carami Hillaire Musetta Cover // Meg Dudley Benoit & Alcindoro Cover // Jacopo Buora Server // Nikol Drewry |
Violin // Emily Vold
Violin // Xinou Wei Violin // Maya Bennardo Violin // Mara Gerety Viola // Trevor New Viola // Laura Huey Cello // Susan Mandel Cello // Eric Allen Bass // Ben Murphy Piano // Laetitia Ruccolo Flute // Michelle Stockman Oboe // Phil Rashkin Clarinet // Rhea Vallois Clarinet // Samuel Marques Clarinet // Trenley Anderson Bassoon // Tilden Marbit Horn // Gal Guttman Horn // Tzviki Moran Trumpet // Cody Rowlands Bass Trombone // Nathan Wood Percussion // Maiko Hosoda |
