The most romantic opera of all time, La bohème appeals to devotees and newcomers alike. Mimì’s love affair with the poet Rodolfo begins on a snowy Christmas Eve in Paris on the cusp of 1914, a year that changes the world forever. Award winning theatre director Craig Ilott (Smoke & Mirrors) and designer Penny Challen have chosen that last optimistic winter - exactly one hundred years ago - as an electric moment to set Puccini’s beloved story of bohemian life. Popular conductor Richard Gill directs an ensemble of 13 musicians from Queensland Symphony Orchestra in his own chamber orchestration of La bohème. This intimate and revealing new production stars some of Queensland’s most exciting young singers as a group of rent-dodging flatmates living and loving precariously on the edge of society. CONSERVATORIUM THEATRE GRIFITH UNIVERSITY, SOUTH BANK JULY/AUGUST 2014 M T W T F S S 12 15 17 19 22 24 26 29 31 2 7.30pm Sung in Italian with projected English translations. Conductor Richard Gill Director Craig Ilott Designer Penny Challen Lighting Designer David Walters Chorus Master Narelle French Assistant Director Jason Barry-Smith Am I a romantic? I’ve seen Wuthering Heights ten times. I’m a romantic. JOHNY DEPP “ ” Mimì Hyeseoung Kwon/ Emily Burke Musetta Emily Burke/ Annie Lower Rodolfo Bradley Daley/ Virgilio Marino Marcello Shaun Brown/ Guy Booth Schaunard Guy Booth/ Sam Hartley Colline Andrew Collis Alcindoro Sam Hartley Benoît Bernard Wheaton Musicians from the Queensland Symphony Orchestra Opera Queensland Chorus A new OperaQ production. The performance lasts 2 hours and 20 minutes including one twenty minute interval. 6.30pm 1.30pm and 7.30pm performances on 26 July and 2 August. “These Bohemians are anarchic and full of life. Their courage, hope and passion are infectious. They are scoundrels of course, without a care for tomorrow - certainly not when there is wine to be had, a kiss to be stolen and emotions to express. We love them for it - and we reminisce.” Craig Ilott SEASON 2014 LIFE LESS ORDINARYLIFE LESS ORDINARY AUSTRALIAN PREMIÈRE WATCH THE PREVIEW ON CLICK HERE!
Season 2014 Life Less Ordinary
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