la boheme

English Touring Opera returns to Exeter

The Olivier Award-winning English Touring Opera (ETO) is performing a new season of fully-staged Italian opera at Exeter Northcott Theatre this April and May.

Puccini’s masterpiece La bohème is joined by two rare Donizetti titles, The Wild Man of the West Indies (Il furioso all’isola di San Domingo) and The Siege of Calais (L’assedio di Calais). All three are sung in full costume, in Italian with English surtitles, accompanied by ETO’s chorus and 25-piece orchestra.

One of the greatest and most moving operas of all time, La bohème is a story of young love, starting on...

La Bohème

Event Date: 
28/04/2015 - 7:30pm to 01/05/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

La Bohème is a tale of young love, starting on Christmas Eve in a Paris garret. On this festive night Mimì and Rodolfo draw close, before poverty and ill-health force them apart. With some of the most memorable music in opera, ETO's new Italian-language production lifts every spirit and breaks every heart.

Sung in Italian, with English surtitles.

www.englishtouringopera.org.uk

Tickets: £17-£33.

Pre Show Talk: 6.30pm Fri 1 May (Venue TBC)

All transactions are subject to a £2 booking fee.

www.exeternorthcott.co.uk

Has your dog got star quality?

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 03/21/2014 - 11:48am

If your pet pooch is the canine equivalent of Richard Gere or Julia Roberts, then they could win a place in the spotlight in the beautiful and romantic opera La Boheme, coming to the Princess Theatre, Torquay on Tuesday 8 April, 2014.

International soloists have been selected from across the world to join the celebrated Chisinau National Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra’s Spring tour – but there is still one part to be cast, the role of Muzetta’s pet dog.

Award-winning opera director and producer Ellen Kent said: “People say never work with children or animals but I love to...