March 15. 2025 - April 12. 2025
March 15. 2025 - April 12. 2025
Lyric Opera presents the enduring, passionate masterpiece La Bohème. Puccini brings unique beauty and sensitivity to this tale of young lovers in 19th-century Paris. With the famous arias of the ardent poet Rodolfo, the fragile seamstress Mimì, and the good-hearted party-girl Musetta, matched perfectly to the romance and heartbreak of this universal story, La Bohème is operatic perfection. At Lyric, two dazzling sopranos, Ailyn Pérez and Gabriella Reyes, are paired with the shining-voiced tenor Pene Pati (in his Lyric debut) and the vibrant baritone Will Liverman, in a production that will be a truly memorable moment in the company’s longstanding tradition of great La Bohème performances.
Lyric’s presentation of Puccini’s La Bohème is generously made possible by an Anonymous Donor, Josef & Margot Lakonishok, Lisbeth Stiffel, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, The Julius Frankel Foundation, ITW, The Beaubien Family, Gramma Fisher Foundation of Marshalltown, Iowa, and Richard O. Ryan.
Join us in the Ardis Krainik Theatre one hour before your opera performance begins for a free, 30-minute preview talk discussing that day’s production.
Seating is unreserved, but a ticket for that day’s performance is required. Talks begin one hour before each performance and doors open approximately 15 minutes before the start of the talks.
Pre-opera talks are supported by Raynette and Ned Boshell.
Mimì
Rodolfo
Musetta
Marcello
Colline
Schaunard
Benoit & Alcindoro
Parpignol
Conductor
Director
Set Designer
Original Costume Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
RAFAEL PORTO
GUARD
NIKOLAS WENZEL
SERGEANT
JOSEPH SHADDAY
"PRUGNE DI TOURS"
UNITING VOICES CHICAGO
* Lyric debut
** Ryan Opera Center alumnus
*** Ryan Opera Center Ensemble
A production of Los Angeles Opera and Dallas Opera.
Production by Herbert Ross.
Header images: Ken Howard/LA Opera, Michael Cooper/Canadian Opera Company, Evan Zimmerman/Metropolitan Opera.
