Name: Understanding the Music: La Bohème
Start: 2025-03-15T13:00:00
Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Embark on an operatic journey with Manitoba Opera's curated events, blending culinary delights, educational talks, and spellbinding performances. From a sumptuous brunch and movie screening to the resonant notes of La Bohème, these events offer an all-encompassing experience for opera enthusiasts and newcomers alike. Each event, set amidst Winnipeg's iconic venues, invites you to explore the rich narratives and melodies that define the world of opera.

A Journey Through Opera: Brunch, High Tea, and Timeless Tales

Manitoba Opera

It’s the eve of Figaro and Susanna’s wedding, but nothing is going right. The Count’s wandering eye has landed on the bride-to-be. Cherubino, the page, is sweet on the Countess, and Marcellina, the governess, is chasing after Figaro.

Mozart’s great ensemble comedy features a colourful cast of characters and a whirlwind of tricks, disguises, and mistaken identities. Can the servants turn the tables on the masters in order to teach the Count a lesson and save the wedding? Will love triumph?

From the famous overture to the finale, this social commentary on class and love unfolds with brilliant music, memorable melodies, and heart-breaking tenderness as the characters ponder young love, lost love, and forgiveness.

The Marriage of Figaro

Centennial Concert Hall

In this lecture, you’ll discover how Puccini’s La Bohème balances musical innovation and tradition, combining beautiful, long-breathed romantic arias in the style of Verdi with modern soundscapes in the verismo (realism) tradition. Presented by Dr. Colette Simonot-Maiello, Associate Professor of Musicology at University of Manitoba Desautels Faculty of Music.

Understanding the Music: La Bohème

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