A Singer’s Notes by Keith Kibler 60: True Love - La Bohème by the Hubbard Hall Opera Theater

A scene from Puccini’s La Bohème, possibly from the first production.

Alexina and Jason have done it again.

The Hubbard Hall Opera Theater Resident Artists La Bohème played to a sizeable crowd in the Dorset Playhouse last night, and the audience departed well-pleased. Each opera that I have seen Jason Dolmetsch stage has had the benefit of his excellent ear. Just one example: in Act 3 of La Bohème, where Mimi usually listens off, or nearly off, to the dire pronouncements, Vedrana Kalas walked haltingly across the space way upstage, a few steps at a time, as if what she was overhearing made it difficult for her to continue. Her progress touched the heart. In this abbreviated production (75 minutes with no intermission), Act 3 was given most fully. This is important. Acute listeners have long known that the real action takes place here.

Read the full review on the Berkshire Review, an International Journal for the Arts!








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