{"id":21832,"date":"2026-10-10T10:42:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T23:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/?p=21832"},"modified":"2026-10-10T10:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T23:42:23","slug":"observer-la-boheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/2026\/10\/10\/observer-la-boheme\/","title":{"rendered":"OBSERVER: La Boheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opera Australia presents a new production of Puccini\u2019s opera La Boh\u00e8me at the Regent Theatre, Melbourne from November 7-18.<br>The first new mainstage production of one of the world\u2019s most famous operatic tragedies by OA in 15 years, this production is set in the winter wonderland of 20th century Paris, recreated through the eyes of the painters, poets and musicians of its time.<br>Australian opera director Constantine Costi will lead a talented team of young Australian creatives to envision this new La Boh\u00e8me, including Set Designer Dann Barber, Costume Designer Sabina Myers and Lighting Designer Morgan Moroney.<br>Spectacular set pieces, including a flying balloon basket and life-sized, on-stage floats, will bring a painting-inspired set to life, with scenery hand painted by OA\u2019s team of scenic artists, with detailed and richly coloured costumes, all crafted by hand at OA\u2019s headquarters.<br>La Boh\u00e8me will star a cast of international and Australian singers, including Melbourne-born Alexandra Flood who will sing Musetta in a homecoming season, while award-winning soprano Galina Cheplakova, in her Australian debut, will share the heartbreaking role of Mim\u00ec with Italian soprano Valeria Sepe, who makes a welcome return to OA.<br>Australian Chinese tenor Kang Wang will share the role of Rodolfo with award winning Italian Paride Cataldo, who will also perform with OA for the first time.<br>Under the baton of acclaimed British conductor Finnegan Downie Dear, making his OA debut, will be the brilliant Orchestra Victoria, internationally acclaimed Opera Australia Chorus and Opera Australia Children\u2019s Chorus.<br>Puccini\u2019s timeless music finds new life in this production once again by a whole new generation of talented creatives and performers.<br>Performance Season: November 7-18<br>Venue: Regent Theatre, Melbourne.<br>Bookings: opera.org.au\/buy-tickets\/purchase\/56964<br><strong>Cheryl Threadgold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opera Australia presents a new production of Puccini\u2019s opera La Boh\u00e8me at the Regent Theatre, Melbourne from November 7-18.The first new mainstage production of one of the world\u2019s most famous operatic tragedies by OA in 15 years, this production is set in the winter wonderland of 20th century Paris, recreated through the eyes of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_siteseo_robots_primary_cat":"none","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-observer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21836,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21832\/revisions\/21836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}