Classic Arts NewsA New La Bohème: Watch an Exclusive Scene From Royal Opera House Before It Heads to Movie TheatresThe Puccini opera is the latest title in ROH’s Cinema Series.
By
Ryan McPhee
November 01, 2017
Take a look at an exclusive clip from the Royal Opera House’s new production of La Bohème. The Richard Jones production, which opened the London company’s 2017–2018 season, heads to major U.S. movie theatres as part of the Cinema Series November 1.
Screenings will continue through November 26. For more information, visit ROH.org.uk/cinemas.
The video above features Simona Mihai as Musetta, singing the classic Puccini aria “Quando m’en vo’” (known also as “Musetta’s Waltz”).
The cast, under the baton of conductor Antonio Pappano, also features Mariusz Kwiecień as Marcello, U.S.-born tenor Michael Fabiano as Rodolfo, Luca Tittoto as Colline, Florian Sempey as Schaunard, Jeremy White as Benoît, Nicole Car as Mimì, Andrew Macnair as Parpignol, and Wyn Pencarreg as Alcindoro.
ROH’s Cinema Series will also include Anna Netrebko and Željko Lučić in Verdi’s Macbeth and new ballets celebrating the Leonard Bernstein centennial.