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La Boheme (Oberon Modern Plays)

La Boheme (Oberon Modern Plays)

by Giacomo Puccini (Author), RobinNorton-Hale (Author)

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    Paperback 2010

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Synopsis

A classic tale retold for 21st century London. A tale of love and tragedy, indulgence and excess. Having wowed audiences at Kilburn's Cock Tavern in a record-breaking, sell-out six-month run, Soho Theatre takes on opera for the very first time as Puccini's "La Boheme" is retold for contemporary Soho with a talented, classically trained young cast.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 96
 Publisher: Oberon
Published: 27 Jul 2010
ISBN 10: 1849430837
ISBN 13: 9781849430838

Media Reviews
A madly brilliant reimaging * * * *-- The Times
This is Puccini without a safety net and it works * * * *-- Evening Standard
Transfers effortlessly from 1830s Paris to contemporary London... in Norton-Hale's canny translation, the words and notes both make their mark ... this is about as real as verismo gets. -- The Guardian
A riotous coup de theatre that fizzes with fun and fabulousness... A Boheme quite unlike any other - * * * * -- The Metro
Robin Norton-Hale's sharp, demotic translation... seems set fair to bring Puccini's indestructible masterpiece to many more punters, opera fans and neophytes alike...charted with an immediacy that one does not always get in a larger house...intensely affecting--* * * * -- Evening Standard


A madly brilliant reimaging * * * *--The Times

This is Puccini without a safety net and it works * * * *--Evening Standard

Transfers effortlessly from 1830s Paris to contemporary London... in Norton-Hale's canny translation, the words and notes both make their mark ... this is about as real as verismo gets. --The Guardian

A riotous coup de theatre that fizzes with fun and fabulousness... A Boheme quite unlike any other - * * * * --The Metro

Robin Norton-Hale's sharp, demotic translation... seems set fair to bring Puccini's indestructible masterpiece to many more punters, opera fans and neophytes alike...charted with an immediacy that one does not always get in a larger house...intensely affecting--* * * * --Evening Standard


A madly brilliant reimaging * * * *--The Times

This is Puccini without a safety net and it works * * * *--Evening Standard

Transfers effortlessly from 1830s Paris to contemporary London... in Norton-Hale's canny translation, the words and notes both make their mark ... this is about as real as verismo gets. --The Guardian

A riotous coup de theatre that fizzes with fun and fabulousness... A Boheme quite unlike any other - * * * * --The Metro

Robin Norton-Hale's sharp, demotic translation... seems set fair to bring Puccini's indestructible masterpiece to many more punters, opera fans and neophytes alike...charted with an immediacy that one does not always get in a larger house...intensely affecting--* * * * --Evening Standard