Arena di Verona: La Bohème

Арена ди Верона: Богема

For the return of La bohème to the Arena di Verona to mark the centenary of Puccini's death, Italian director Alfonso Signorini faithfully recreates Puccini's story while revealing otherwise hidden details of the characters' lives and the Paris in which they live. Juan Guillermo Nova's stage design supports this unfolding of the parallel plots. The viewer's gaze wanders from the attic of Rodolfo and his friends to that of Mimi, who is caught up in her everyday scenes. In the second act, the stage becomes the world of the mid-19th century, meticulously reconstructed from the costumes down to the individual details to create a true tableau vivant that "knows no seasons".

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Actors

Rodolfo

Vittorio Grigolo

Mimi

Juliana Grigoryan

Marcello

Luca Micheletti

Musetta

Eleonora Bellocci

Colline

Alexander Vinogradov

Crew

Director

Alfonso Signorini

Conductor

Daniel Oren

Stage design

Juan Guillermo Nova

Special project

Arena di Verona

The huge stage of the ancient Arena di Verona is a grand scenery in itself. But it is not so easy to live up to it. The great Franco Zeffirelli considered the Arena the ideal stage: here he could demonstrate both his ability to work with large spaces and his meticulous attention to detail. The arena presents a challenge to directors, and when they accept this challenge and successfully cope with it, the audience receives truly monumental, colorful and breathtaking productions. These are exactly the ones presented in our collection for the big screen. →