“La Bohème”: this is how the first performance of the opera was experienced at the GTN | PHOTOS

The work is made for impact, beyond the musical proposal. As soon as the curtain rose, what stands out on stage is a house split in half; a cross section that allows us to see its occupants, three intellectuals frozen to death, but full of passion for life.

This is how “La Bohème” began, an opera by Giacomo Puccini written in the 19th century but in the version that the Granda Festival presented this 2024 it has a setting from the beginning of the 20th century. A difficult time for Europe, added to the difficulties of the characters where Rodolfo (Ayón Rivas) stands out, a poor poet who receives an invitation to go to dinner with his friends.

Ayón’s talent is perceived from minute one. His voice projects seamlessly across the stage with power. The same thing happens when the character of Mimì (Carolina López Moreno) appears on stage, a seamstress who goes to the wrong department and ends up at the poet’s house. They both quickly fall in love, affections that both Ayón and López transmit with credibility.

The climax of “La Bohème” is in the second act. Now far from the attic and its minimalism, the stage is cleaned of elements and is transformed into the street, with dozens of people, including adults and children, who are part of the Granda Festival Choir and the National Children’s Choir of Peru. The music, it is worth noting, was by the Sinfonía por el Perú Youth Orchestra.

If stagings like “La Bohème” at the Granda Festival – extensive, complete and full of notable performances – demonstrate something, it is that Peru can become a place to develop opera in its most professional aspect.

Source: Elcomercio

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