La Boheme: New Version (Oberon Modern Plays) - Softcover

"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 th tre that fizzes with fun and fabulousness... A Boh me 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 th tre that fizzes with fun and fabulousness... A Boh me 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 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 Boh me is retold for contemporary Soho with a talented, classically trained young cast.