Four young artists – Schaunard, Rodolfo, Colline and Marcello – go out to town on a wintery night. Rodolfo meets Mimi and it is love at first sight. They are enamored before they manage to introduce themselves to each other. Marcello is crushed to see his former lover Musetta have a wealthy Alcindor wrapped around her finger. It is a time of joy and reckless fun. A few months later Marcello is back in a stormy relationship with Musetta, while moneyless Rodolfo dumps seriously ill Mimi, frustrated and horrified as he is by his helplessness in the face of her suffering. It is a time of frustration, jealousy, and confusion. Mimi and Rodolfo will meet again, yet it will be too late to offer help and love then.
This production of La bohème is directed by Barbara Wysocka, who previously treated the Warsaw audience to her take on Philip Glass’s The Fall of the House of Usher, Pascal Dusapin’s Medeamaterial, Eugeniusz Knapik’s Moby Dick, Ludomir Różycki’s Eros and Psyche, and Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca.
Creative
Patrick Fournillier Conductor
Barbara Wysocka Director
Barbara Hanicka Set Designer
Julia Kornacka Costume Designer
Tomasz Jan Wygoda Choreographer
Marc Heinz Lighting Designer