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Monteverdi’s opera about unfettered desire is pulled into the present day in Robin Norton-Hale’s stylised production with fine singing and solid musical support from Yshani Perinpanayagam ....
There are two big stars in Opera Holland Park's new production of La Bohème. Katie Bird's Mimi rides Puccini's great melodic rollers with ease and a luminous clarity, while the City of London Sinfonia, conducted by George Jackson, play quite wonderfully a score that was intended for a somewhat larger orchestra. Notwithstanding the great swell of Puccini's score, Bohème is, at heart, though, an intense and intimate opera. Its most touching moments – the first meeting of Mimi and Rodolfo in an icy garret, Mimi's heartbroken conversation with Marcello about Rodolfo's jealousy and, above all, the final scene of Mimi's death – are all duets or, at most, for the smallest of ensembles. In Natascha Metherell's new setting, however, the stage is a great deal busier. Updated to the 1950s, we are on an Italian film set shooting "La Vie Parisienne", a Belle Epoque era story set in the Latin Quarter. As a result, there is a film crew (played b ....