All accompanied with the ever stunning music of Puccini, it is impossible to deny the sheer majesty of this opera.īringing Tosca to prohibition-era America, this production sees Tosca and her lover Cavaradossi caught in the middle of gang warfare. Focussing on aspects of real life, Tosca draws upon human emotions including love, jealously, anger, loyalty and loss to create its heartbreaking story. Written in 1900, Tosca is undoubtedly one of the world’s greatest operas and is considered Puccini’s first exploration into realism. Cahn Auditorium is located at 600 Emerson Street, Evanston.After their huge success with La bohème at Graves Gallery in 2014, Opera on Location return to one of their favourite composers and bring Giacomo Puccini’s much loved classic Tosca to life at the recently refurbished Abbeydale Picture House. Tickets are $18 for the public and $8 for full-time students with ID and may be purchased from the Bienen School ticket office or by calling 84. As Mimì, Rodolfo and their friends navigate the challenges that come their way, Puccini’s timeless opera celebrates life and love in the face of insurmountable odds.
She and Rodolfo quickly fall in love, but the happy couple soon awaken to the harsh realities of life when Mimì becomes gravely ill and Rodolfo is unable to provide for her. They find their lives forever changed when Mimì, a young seamstress, knocks on their door asking for a candle light. Four struggling bohemians meet on a bitterly cold Christmas Eve in 1830s Paris: Marcello, a painter Rodolfo, a poet Colline, a philosopher and Schaunard, a musician. Performances are at 7:30 p.m., Thursday to Saturday, May 26-28, and at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 29.Ĭompleted in 1895, Puccini’s “La bohème” is set to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on the 1851 novel “Scènes de la vie de bohème” by Henri Murger. The opera classic will be performed by Northwestern University Opera Theater, under the direction of Joachim Schamberger, and feature the Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra conducted by Patrick Furrer. Northwestern’s Bienen School of Music will bring Giacomo Puccini’s “La bohème” to the stage May 26-29.
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