Marcello is painting The Crossing of the Red Sea. Rodolfo, a poet, and Marcello, a painter, are freezing in their studio. Michelangelo Mazza and Tahu Matheson conduct. Julie Lea Goodwin and Esther Song sing the iconically blonde Musetta, while Haotian Qi croons as her Marcello. Iván Ayón Rivas and Atalla Ayan sing as the poet, Rodolfo. Stellar sopranos Karah Son, Danita Weatherstone and Rebecca Gulinello sing the role of Mimì. This touching tale is set among the fishnets and fairy lights of 1930s Berlin. The music soars with the ecstasy of love, crackles with the pain of jealousy and cries with the agony of loss. La Bohème exposes your soul to the feelings that only music can express. Some emotions are too big for words alone, and for that, we have music. The Bohemians have some growing up to do. But even the deepest love can’t warm a freezing winter. They head out to bustling Café Momus, where the feisty Musetta and Marcello rekindle their relationship. When Mimì meets Rodolfo, it’s love at first touch. Two hands meet in the dark and four friends’ lives change forever.Įxperience the romance of the original bohemian love story. On a freezing Christmas Eve, love sparks.

La boheme opera sydney