Puccini, La Bohme – Jess Lpez Cobos, Teatro Real Madrid

Giancarlo del Monaco signs a magnificent production of Puccini’s bittersweet opera, La Bohme. The plot, set in the Paris on Christmas Eve 1830’s, recounts the story of a doomed love between Rodolfo (Aquiles Machado), the idealistic poet and Mimi (Inva Mula), the consumptive flower-maker. This masterpiece depicts the infectious joie de vivre of youth and the tragic waste of disease and separation.