La Boheme Presented by Mercury Opera
En route to Off Broadway, New York City, the Edmonton-based Mercury Opera previews their take on Puccini’s timeless story about youth, love and loss. La Boheme comes to Edmonton’s landmark theatre, The Citadel, where 2019’s Tony award winning Hadestown found its Broadway legs. Transplanting the action to 1979 New York City, when disco, drag, punk rock, and poets converge, the tale asks the ultimate question: Is. Love. Enough?
Join Mercury Opera as they present this beautiful production complete with a star-studded cast, live orchestra, and unbeatable costumes. A writer, an artist, a drag queen come musician, and a philosopher/hip hop artist room together as they try to make their living creating art while navigating their tumultuous relationships.
Staged in The Citadel’s intimate Rice Theatre as part of their new Heart and Hub initiative, the production stars American tenor Glenn Seven Allen as Rodolfo alongside soprano Kate Fruchterman as Mimi. The two join a hand-picked cast from Edmonton and afar as well as conductor Martin Yazdzik to tell the tale of Puccini’s beloved tearjerker.
