La Boheme

On Thursday 4 February Merry Opera makes their debut visit to the Epsom Playhouse with Puccini’s classic La Boheme. This is hailed as one of the great romances in opera, a captivating tale of the comedy of everyday life, cut short by tragedy. A chance meeting leads to a joyful, passionate and ultimately desperate love affair. Through this heart-breaking story the bubbling, carefree exuberance of four young, penniless Latin Quarter students, matures into moments of jealousy and anger, turning finally to real shock at the premature death of Rodolfo’s first love, the beautiful Mimì. Director Christopher Cowell created this translation especially for Merry Opera. His international career spans the USA, Denmark, Portugal and France, and he has directed his own adaptations for Covent Garden and Glyndebourne.