If you’ve seen and heard of only one opera, it is probably Puccini’s sentimental gem.Ī love story set among poets, and painters, and loose women, moving through the art studios and cafes of Paris, it is the very definition of charm.įrankly, though, it would be cloying to sit through this too familiar story were it not a bona fide masterpiece, one of the greatest musical accomplishments in the repertoire. It is to the Opera what Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker is to the Ballet, or Beethoven’s Pastoral to the Symphony. For many, it is the only opera they know and love. “La Boheme” is the most popular opera in the canon. Then, lifting his hands and shoulders in a grand Gallic shrug, he opined: “You see, it is “La Boheme.” “Do you have a reservation?” he asked pointedly. I made my way through a festive crowd to the desk of the maitre d’. When I arrived at the War Memorial Opera House recently to see “La Boheme,” I thought it might be nice to dine at the Opera House restaurant. This reviewer is a voting member of the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle (SFBATCC) By Charles Kruger Arturo Chacon-Cruz as Rodolfo and Erika Grimaldi as Mimi in “La Boheme.” Photo credit: Cory Weaver.
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