La Bohème
Giacomo Puccini's opera
Giacomo Puccini’s opera
Giacomo Puccini’s most celebrated, eternal opera of love and loss, of struggling artists on the edges of society who are about to learn life’s hardest lessons. On Christmas Eve in Paris, a young woman knocks on a young man’s door and their lives are changed forever. This is opera at its most joyous and most tragic, telling the most human of stories.
Puccini’s opera La Bohème premiered in 1896 at Teatro Regio in Turin. Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica’s libretto is based on Henri Mugler’s novel The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter.
Updated to a post-war Paris on the brink of the revolutionary 1960s, this fresh and energetic production is a new collaboration between British opera director John Ramster, Canadian-British designer Bridget Kimak and Vanemuine’s music director Risto Joost following their 2022 Don Giovanni at the Kilden Theatre in Norway.
Premiere on May 2nd 2025 at the Vanemuine Theatre Grand Building
Language: Italian
Surtitles: Estonian, English
Composer Giacomo Puccini
Librettists Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa
Musical Director and Conductor Risto Joost
Conductors Aleksandr Bražnik, Endel Nõgene, Kasper Joel Nõgene
Director John Ramster UK
Costume and Set Designer Bridget Kimak Canada/UK
Lighting Designer Palle Palmé Sweden
Director’s Assistant Merle Jalakas
Chief Concertmaster-Repetitor Toomas Kaldaru
Concertmasters Piia Paemurru, Margus Riimaa
Chief Chorusmaster Kristi Jagodin
Chorusmaster Martin Sildos
Chorus Concertmaster Helmi-Julia Nyman
Producer Kätlin Hoop
Cast Mirjam Mesak Bayerische Staatsoper or Tamara Kalinkina Ukraine, Gabriele Mangione Italy or Raimonds Bramanis Latvian National Opera, Kadri Kõrvek Estonian National Opera or Pirjo Jonas, Jānis Apeinis Latvian National Opera or Taavi Tampuu, Raiko Raalik Estonian National Opera or Simo Breede, Märt Jakobson or Kristjan Häggblom, Simo Breede or Atlan Karp, Taavi Tampuu or Atlan Karp, Rasmus Kull or Hisatoshi Nezu, Kristjan Häggblom or Janari Jorro, Artur Nagel or Egon Laanesoo, Rasmus Haav or Stefan Simanis
Vanemuine opera chours and Vanemuine symphony orchestra
Tartu Karlova School children’s choir
Risto Joost: Puccini teeb inimestele head
INTERVJUU ⟩ Eesti esisopran Mirjam Mesak: et ooperilauljana vastu pidada, pead oma tööd väga-väga-väga armastama
Üleilmset karjääri tegev Mirjam Mesak oma värskest kihlusest: minu erialal peab naise kõrval seisma väga enesekindel mees
Boheemluse magus maagia
Vanemuise veerand, saates muusikajuht ja dirigent Risto Joost / Kuku raadio / 24.04.2025