LA BOHÈME
English National Opera
Cincinnati Opera
Gran teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
Director: Natascha Metherell after Jonathan Miller
Designer: Isabella Bywater
Cast: Multiple
“Reworked by Natascha Metherell, it has become a beautifully integrated piece of music theatre, sung with great fluency and acted with an understated veracity that makes it immensely moving.” 5*
“Natascha Metherell's vision has…energy and life” 5*
“…deftly handled by director Natascha Metherell [the] production remained faithful to Miller’s original…the misty eyes of a number of members of the audience as Mimì drew her last breath were the product of a genuine approach to the dramatic aspects of La bohème.”
“…director Natascha Metherell is chiefly responsible for a staging presented as attractive, immediate and moving.”
“…under the observant eye of Natascha Metherell, it is a lighter, tighter affair…” 4*