La Boheme November 28, 2011

Puccini's classic love story 'La Boheme' returns to the Metropolitan Opera for an extended run of performances, starring some of opera's most celebrated young stars in the roles of Mimi and Rodolfo. Franco Zeffirelli's production, an audience favorite since 1981, will be conducted by Roberto Rizzi Brignoli in his Met debut. Puccini's beloved opera follows the romance between the poet Rodolfo and the beautiful Mimi. With their friends Colline the philosopher, Schaunard the musician, Marcello the painter and his fiery girlfriend Musetta, the artists charge headlong into a series of wild nights and romantic trysts set in the garrets of Paris and the raucous streets of the Latin Quarter.