English Touring Opera returns to Hackney Empire with a poetic production of the most popular of operas, and a lively new production of a comic Russian fantasy by Rimsky-Korsakov.

Puccini’s La bohème is a story of young love, starting on Christmas Eve in a Parisian garret. On this festive, snowy night the lovers draw close, but poverty forces them apart in a story told with the most memorable music, from ‘Che gelida manina’ to the shattering brass chords announcing Mimi’s death. ETO’s much-praised production, in period dress and inventive designs, sung in Italian, promises to break every heart and breathe joy into the spirit of everyone who has ever wanted love.

https://englishtouringopera.org.uk/productions/spring-22-la-boheme#dates-and-times

Dates

26/2 - Hackney Empire

11/3 - Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts

23/4 - Arts Theatre, Cambridge

16/5 - Congress, Eastbourne

https://hackneyempire.co.uk/whats-on/la-boheme/