Features & Benefits
- La Bohème is a widely performed but clichéd Puccini opera
- Riccardo Chailly's goal is to clear the clichés by using a new critical score
- Chailly's urgent, unsentimental approach to the score is a revelation
- Young cast in their 30s convey the necessary vital sense of ensemble
- Chailly's well-known mastery of detail results in a Bohème for our time
