Previous Performances:
Puccinni’s Opera: La Bohème
Performed by: Connecticut Lyric Opera and Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
When: Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 7:30 pm
Where: Santo Fragilio Performing Arts Center, 200 LaRosa Lane, Middletown CT
Tickets
- $35 if purchased in advance by phone or mail
- By phone: 860 343-7555
- By mail:
Greater Middletown Concert Association (or GMCA)
P.O.Box 2622
Middletown, CT 06457 - $40 at the door
- Student tickets are available*
* Attendees at the opera, including students, are required to be vaccinated for Covid-19 and to wear masks at the performance. Social distancing in the auditorium will be facilitated by appropriate seating arrangements.
About the Opera:
The Italian opera “La Boheme”’s story takes place in Paris around 1830. It shows the Bohemian lifestyle of four struggling artist friends (writer, painter, musician and philosopher), Rodolfo, the writer, finds himself deeply in love with Mimi, a poor neighbor seamstress. His love is reciprocated. Their life together is portrayed by Puccini’s emotionally attuned music to the couple’s tragic love story. “La Boheme’s’ powerful portrayal of love and selflessness, inspired the contemporary Tony and Pulitzer Award-winning musical Rent.
Jan Mason, Associate Artistic Director for Connecticut Lyric Opera, will direct. Adrian Sylveen, Artistic Director for the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, wll conduct. The opera’s cast includes Jurate Svedaite, soprano, as Mimi, Daniel Juarez, tenor, as Rodolfo, and Steven Fredericks, bass, as Colline.
The talented cast also features Samuel Bowen, baritone, as Schaunard, Levi Hernandex, baritone, as Marcello, Maria Margiolakou, soprano, as Musetta, Stefa, Szkafarowsky, bass, as Benoit and Alcindoro. In addition to Mason and Sylveen, the creative team includes Joey Taylor, assistant director, Lynne Porter, scenic designer, and Orianna Cruz, costume designer.
More information about upcoming series will be added soon.