Puccini opera at the Coliseum
October 14, 2007
Mid Wales Opera make a welcome return to the Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare when they perform Puccini’s La Bohème on Wednesday 7 November at 7.30pm.
La Bohème is one of Puccini’s most romantic and popular operas. Containing several of opera’s best-known arias and duets, La Bohème’s ravishingly beautiful music and the composer’s unique dramatic flair, combine brilliantly to portray the passions and laughter of the young bohemians in the story. Few other operas have its capacity to engage the audiences’ emotions so powerfully as the action swiftly and seamlessly flows from boisterous gaiety to heart-rending tragedy.
Set in Paris in 1830, La Bohème follows the lives and loves of a group of Bohemians residing in the Latin Quarter. Rodolfo, a poet living an impoverished life, meets and falls in love with Mimi, a seamstress. Marcello, in the meantime, is reunited with Musetta, whom he loves passionately but who had deserted him for the attractions of an elderly suitor. Romance flourishes, but soon circumstances will drive the lovers apart.
Founded in 1988, Mid Wales Opera has established itself as one of the foremost British touring opera companies, resulting in winning a variety of national awards, including two Prudential Opera Awards for “excellence, creativity, innovation and accessibility”. This performance, sung in English, once again assembles a cast of lively young singers from the National Opera Companies for another of their original and heart-warming productions.
Tickets cost £12.00 and £13.00 (Concessions £11.00 and £12.00) and are available from the Coliseum Box Office on 01685 881188.
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