Nicola Luisotti, San Francisco Opera’s music director designate and a master of the Italian repertoire, conducts Puccini’s most beloved opera. This heartwarming story of starving artists falling in and out of love in 19th-century Paris is a seamless mix of romantic passion, poignant tragedy and high-spirited fun. The superb cast is headed by Polish tenor Piotr Beczala (Tamino in 2007’s The Magic Flute) and Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu (Magda in 2007’s La Rondine), who has wowed critics and audiences with both the beauty of her voice and the depth of her characterizations. “The opulent-voiced Gheorghiu thoroughly inhabited Mimì in an emotionally convincing, multifaceted way you don’t see or hear very often,” said the Los Angeles Times.

• Approximate running time: 2 hours, 45 minutes including two intermissions
• Sung in Italian with English supertitles


• San Francisco Opera production
• This production is made possible, in part, by Elizabeth and Burgess Jamieson
• Production photo: Ken Friedman
• Cast, program and schedule are subject to change

Performances

• Sun Nov 16 2008   2 pm
• Wed Nov 19 2008   7:30 pm
• Sat Nov 22 2008   8 pm
• Tue Nov 25 2008   8 pm
• Fri Nov 28 2008   8 pm High-definition video projection screens will be featured on the balcony level for this performance.

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• Sat Nov 29 2008   8 pm
• Sun Nov 30 2008   2 pm High-definition video projection screens will be featured on the balcony level for this performance.

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• Tue Dec 2 2008   7:30 pm High-definition video projection screens will be featured on the balcony level for this performance.

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• Thu Dec 4 2008   7:30 pm
• Sun Dec 7 2008   2 pm

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Cast

Production