Daily News | Opera Philadelphia is taking its new ‘La bohème’ forward through flashbacks
La bohème
with Joshua Blue as Rodolfo and Kara Goodrich as Mimì — the famed story of a group of struggling artists will go like this: “We’re coming from a period of death and sickness, and so much loss,” says Sharon, who is artistic director of Detroit Opera, where this production debuted a year ago. “But to come back to the theater means not emphasizing that in a way.”in reverse order was first raised about a decade ago in a conversation between Sharon and set designer John Conklin, “and that idea really stuck with me.
“I really wanted to just strip away everything that is not essential to this piece. So the sets are quite bare, actually. We take away what most people expect of a, which is this picture postcard, you know, very big, cumbersome sets that require three intermissions.”
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