She also sang Verdi’s Requiem with Teatro Municipal de Santiago, and Fiora in L’Amore dei Tre Re with the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, where she graduated in 2016. She made her professional debut as Musetta in La Boheme with Michigan Opera Theatre and debuted the role of Leonora in Il Trovatore in Hong Kong. Recent engagements include her debut with Opera de Paris as Micaela in Carmen, Mimi at Opera Köln and Welsh National Opera, and Adalgisa in Norma for her debut with the Dallas Opera, for which she was awarded the 2017 Maria Callas Debut Artist of the Year. Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, tobincenter.In 2016 she was a second place winner of Operalia. See the ShowĪll tickets include the chance to attend a pre-show lecture “If you’ve never seen La Boh ème, this is the La Boh ème to see,” Tullis says. In presenting La Boh ème, they hope to provide a world-class experience to those opera lovers while also opening the doors to locals who may never have attended an opera before. Tullis says for too long people who love opera have assumed they have to go to another city to enjoy it. The San Antonio Symphony accompanies under the direction of Sebastian Lang-Lessing. The dialogue is sung in Italian but English supertitles will be displayed on a screen above the stage. The opera opens in Rodolfo’s sparse apartment and continues out onto the Paris streets on Christmas Eve, where a larger cast joins the scene. “Puccini had a great perspective,” he says. Mimi, played by renowned soprano Amanda Kingston, is their neighbor.ĭiegel says that while the opera was written after Puccini had experienced success, the story is a reflection of the struggles he went through as an artist trying to make it in the decades prior to that.
Rodolfo, a poet played by Derrek Stark, is a classic starving artist, scraping by while living with other artists. “All of the characters are relevant today,” he says.Ī tragic love story, La Boh ème is set in Paris’ Latin Quarter and follows the story of Mimi and Rodolfo. Tullis joined the opera in January along with artistic director Adam Diegel, transitioning from Enrique Carreón-Robledo, who had served as general and artistic director since the fall of 2016.ĭiegel says while Giacomo Puccini’s La Boh ème is an opera classic, having premiered over 100 years ago, it also appeals to opera newcomers because its storyline is still accessible. “But there’s also the symphony and the scenery and a beautiful story.”
“When I ask people about opera, they automatically think singing,” says Tullis. Audience members at Opera San Antonio’s La Boh ème will hear plenty of singing, but the opera’s executive director, Liz Tullis, says the May 17 and 19 presentation includes a lot more than just operatic notes.
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