| English National Opera - La bohème Reviews | 27 April 2024 |
Corinne Winters, Zach Borichevsky
Duncan Rock, Ashley Riches, Simon Butteriss, Zach Borichevsky, Nicholas Masters
Rhian Lois, Chorus
Zach Borichevsky, Corinne Winters
Corinne Winters
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La bohèmeEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 18 | |
Drug-fuelled La bohème is not the fix ENO needs |
 14 Nov 15 / Seen and Heard |
Benedict Andrews' Bohème is a misunderstanding of young people in love |
| 6 Nov 15 / Limelight |
More dissatisfying still is the mis-match between musical and dramatic registers |
| 2 Nov 15 / Opera Today |
Colder and more brutal than its predecessor and completely devoid of romance |
| 26 Oct 15 / Opera Britannia |
One long search for a chemical hit |
| 25 Oct 15 / Express |
La Bohème offers an enjoyable evening and is also a great production for those who may be new to opera |
| 23 Oct 15 / A Younger Theatre |
Apart from one appalling lapse of good taste, this new production of Puccini's great tear-jerker is really rather good |
| 22 Oct 15 / Express |
With a cold production, and Amanda Holden’s rather too pretentiously modern translation, this was a disappointment |
| 21 Oct 15 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
Puccini’s opera is set under the harsh light of modern life |
| 20 Oct 15 / Financial Times |
These bohemians are off their heads |
| 20 Oct 15 / The Guardian |
Strong performances |
| 20 Oct 15 / The Stage |
Why this heroine should stay off the heroin |
| 20 Oct 15 / Evening Standard |
Almost all of the characters come across as too strong and hence soulless |
| 19 Oct 15 / Music OMH |
A heroine on heroin: ENO’s cold Bohème lacks heart |
| 19 Oct 15 / Bachtrack |
Smack my Puccini up |
| 19 Oct 15 / Londonist |
Infantile, unengaging, unmoving |
| 18 Oct 15 / Telegraph |
English National Opera disappoints with its new production of Puccini's romance |
| 18 Oct 15 / What's on Stage |
Modern and rootless, generic urban rather than Parisian |
| 17 Oct 15 / Classical Source |
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Production details
Cast
Borichevsky, Winters, Rock, Riches, Masters, Lois, Butteriss, Butteriss
(c) Zhang/Fitzpatrick (d) Andrews
Performance dates
16, 21, 23, 29, 31(m) October, 4, 7, 10 November 2015
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