La Bohème

In the organizer's words:

Who hasn't heard of Giacomo Puccini's most famous opera? Written in 1896 based on a drama by Henri Murger, it takes us into the bohemian world of Paris, which is as tempting as it is sobering. Instead of freedom and independence, the artist friends around the poet Rodolfo find one thing above all: coldness. When the pretty neighbor Mimì enters their attic with a request for a light, at least a little warmth seems to enter Rodolfo's life. But it soon turns out that even this flame has to pay its tribute to poverty ...

In four spotlights and with the help of his unmistakable emotional musical language, Puccini creates characters that have lost none of their charm and wit to this day. As infectious as they are in their youth and joie de vivre, they are just as moving in their sadness. Matthias Reichwald narrates Puccini's masterpiece very close to these characters, their longings and contradictions and in German - so that you are not only moved when Mimì dies accompanied by intoxicating orchestral sounds, but also experience the punchy, self-deprecating life of the Bohemians at first hand.