by Lisa on January 24, 2010
Marcello and Rodolfo are heartbroken. Their loves have left them. Marcello’s paint brush doesn’t work as all he is able to paint is Musetta. Rodolfo cradles Mimis bonnet. They are both lost in the Paris spring.Their housemates return and hijinks commece. They are dancing and enjoying themselves when Musetta shows up with Mimi who has [...]
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by Lisa on January 23, 2010
We start act three and Mimi is forlorn. Rodolfo has left her due to his jealousy. He told her she was no good for him and to go find another lover. Marcello and Musetto are happy because they take things lightly.We know now that Mimi is very ill in this act and Marcello is very [...]
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by Lisa on January 23, 2010
The second act of La Boheme takes place at Cafe Momous. Musetta is their wondering is she still has Marcello’s attention. She puts up quite an act as she is obviously a great Parisian beauty who doesn’t like being ignored by her former lover.Once again, Musetta is able to gain the attention of her former [...]
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by Lisa on January 23, 2010
I am sitting in my seat during the first act of La Boheme at the Belk Auditorium in Charlotte. It’s a lovely night for the opera. The crowd is varied between young and old, those casually dressed and those dressed their finest.The actors are amazing and their voices fill the Belk with their soaring vocals. [...]
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by Lisa on January 22, 2010
via operacarolina.org Every year when I was a student at Spindale Elementary school, I would climb on the big yellow school bus for an adventure to R-S Central High School. It was the opera. I loved it. It was a slice of heaven for a little country girl from Western, North Carolina. The singers, the [...]
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