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    La Boheme Tickets

    London Coliseum

    Since its premiere in Italy in 1896, Puccini’s opera La Boheme has captured the hearts and minds of opera-goers around the world. The story of a group of young, poor artists living in Paris in the 1840's centres around the love story of Mimi and Rodolfo; a tale of hope that ultimately ends in tragedy.

    Four artists are living an impoverished but joyful life in the Latin Quarter of Paris when a knock on the door disturbs them. Mimi, another tenant in the building, has no more matches and her candle has blown out. This fateful meeting is the beginning of a timeless, epic story of love and loss. Jonathan Miller’s 2014 production of Puccini’s La Boheme returns to the English National Opera's London Coliseum this winter to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the director’s ENO debut.

    The four-act opera begins in the bitter cold of a Parisian winter, where a group of artists living together have run out of fuel for their fire. When one of them arrives with money, food and wine to celebrate the completion of a music performance, they decide to indulge at the café nearby. One of them, Rodolfo, lags behind and he meets Mimi, a poorly woman also living in the building. Their love proceeds to blossom, as does her illness.

    Jonathan Miller began directing opera in the 1970's, with The Marriage of Figaro marking his first ENO production in 1978. He later went on to create successful productions in opera, theatre and television, such as The Merchant of Venice starring Laurence Olivier, BBC Television Shakespeare and The Mikado. Alexander Joel and Valentina Peleggi conduct the opera, with the design team including Isabella Bywater, Keven Sleep and translations by Amanda Holden. Casting includes Natalya Romaniw as Mimi and Jonathan Tetelman as Rodolfo, as well as David Soar, David Ireland, Nicholas Lester, Božidar Smiljanić, Nadine Benjamin and Matthew Durkan.

    La Boheme is updated to 1930's Paris by Miller, proving the story’s timelessness and appeal across generations. Sung in English by some of the world’s best performers, the production runs at the West End's London Coliseum for a strictly limited season, playing from 26 November 2018.

    Sorry this show closed 22 February 2019, we recommend these similar productions.

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    Performance dates:
    22 Feb 2019 - 22 Feb 2019
    Running time:
    2 hours and 15 minutes.
    Age recommendation:
    No under 5's
    Audience Notes:
    Opera lovers who missed this production the first time it came around or want to see it again, and people curious about opera would do well to catch this acclaimed production.

    Latest Audience Reviews

    Second time husband has seen this production- last time 2018. Said it was just as good and he enj... More

    Son's first visit to an opera and he was surprised how much he enjoyed it and was moved by it.

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    Great production. Excellent singing. Wonderful orchestra. The sets were so good and the scenes we... More

    Set design was really good

    Staging superb, and story telling excellent. A little disappointed it was sung in English, not be... More

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