La Bohème
by Giacomo Puccini

Performed in Italian with English supertitles.

Belding Theater, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
Friday, May 15, 2009 (8:00 pm)
Sunday, May 17, 2009 (2:00 pm)
Thursday, May 21, 2009 (7:30 pm)
Saturday, May 23, 2009 (8:00 pm)
Saturday, May 30, 2009 (8:00 pm)
Sunday, May 31, 2009 (2:00 pm)

It could be Paris’ Latin Quarter or New York’s Harlem: starving artists, aspiring poets and musicians all share a happy-go-lucky lifestyle in pursuit of their passion for art, music, poetry and romance! Opera’s favorite couple Mimì and Rodolfo play out their romance amidst the stresses of poverty, jealousy and illness. Through the euphoria of love to the heartbreak of separation, the couple struggles with their conflicts only to be reunited tragically when Mimì returns to die among her lover and friends, proving once again that love is never to be taken for granted.