His best known performances include a debut in the title role of Charles Gounod’s Faust at the Savonlinna Opera Festival, La bohème with Tampere Talo in Finland, and as Count Almaviva in Rosetta Cucchi’s Boston Lyric Opera production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia. “ Triumphant, fresh and touching! Boston Lyric Opera’s excellent and unorthodox staging of “La Bohème” is sure to please even the most staunch opera purists.“Īcclaimed tenor Jesus Garcia specializes in romantic roles of the French and Italian repertoires. “ From a musical standpoint, BLOs rendition was top-notch… It is always a pleasure to hear Puccini’s sublimely lyrical score.“ “Whether you’re a veteran opera-goer or just opera-curious, this is the show to see… stands alone as thrilling entertainment!” We also leave the performance with the memory of hope and promise, rather than the story’s sad conclusion.” “The story becomes one of swift, fleeting youth, the bareness of the characters’ physical lives contrasted with the richness of their dreams. “a production of decisive moments…makes Puccini’s tragedy more about the why than the what of it all.” “The cast made a stellar showing…It was impossible not to fall in love with Mimì - a truly luminous Lauren Michelle.” “An engrossing perspective shift! Boston Lyric Opera…cast(s) new light on an old warhorse.” Gyula Nagy and Peter Kellner complete the quartet of bohemians.Hear what people are saying about this new production – Andrzej Filończyk is a reliable Marcello. The first night Musetta, Aida Garifullina, vocally bright and brilliant on house debut, shows she learns about life, moving from the good-time girl who stands on a restaurant table and removes her underwear in act two to a severely dressed adult in act four. She looks perfect in the role and phrases tenderly, but with the necessary weight when required. Simona Mihai, who sings Musetta later in the run, replaced the indisposed Sonya Yoncheva at short notice as Mimi. On the opening night, Charles Castronovo is an ardently persuasive Rodolfo, who manages to mature emotionally as the opera progresses his dark, almost baritonal tenor rises comfortably to all challenges. This 12-performance revival is double- and, in some cases, triple-cast. Charles Castronovo as Rodolfo, Andrzej Filończyk as Marcello, Peter Kellner as Colline and Gyula Nagy as Schaunard in La Bohème.

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