LA BOHEME in Reverse Detroit MI 2022 Marlen Nahhas, Matthew White, Edward Parks
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: La Boheme
- Composer: Puccini Giacomo
- Libretto: Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Detroit Opera. Michigan
- Recorded: April 2022
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Marlen Nahhas, Matthew White, Edward Parks, Brandie Inez Sutton, Cory McGee, Benjamin Taylor, Jonathan Lasch
- Conductor: Roberto Kalb
- Orchestra: Detroit Opera Orchestra
- Chorus: Detroit Opera Chorus, Children's Chorus
- Chorus Master: Suzanne Mallare Acton
- Stage Director: Yuval Sharon
- Stage Designer: John Conklin
- Costume Designer: Jessica Jahn
- Lighting Designer: John Torres
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Detroit Opera
- Date Published: 2022
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- This Recording is NOT AVAILABLE from a proper commercial or public source
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
How do we go from tragedy to hope? From death to life? From loneliness to love? In this visionary treatment of Puccini’s opus La bohème, Detroit Opera does just that — by presenting the opera in reverse order. From finish to start, from death to the promise of new love, from loneliness and despair to the joy of friendships, wine, and song, this reversal presents the characters and arias we love in a refreshing, new vision of the story. Our favorite starving young artists and lovers survive to hope another day.
Presented in the Detroit Opera House in a co-production with Boston Lyric Opera and Spoleto Festival USA, this bold, unconventional take on Puccini’s opus is itself a bohemian work of art: experimental, nonconforming, original. This production is the first to stage La bohème in reverse, marking an impressive creative milestone for Detroit Opera as part of our vision for The Next 50.