LA BOHÈME Music by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Artistic Team Conductor Director Associate Director Set Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer
Kensho Watanabe Yuval Sharon James Blaszko John Conklin Jessica Jahn John Torres
Cast Rodolfo Mimì Marcello Musetta Colline Alcindoro Schaunard Parpignol Sergeant Customs Officer The Wanderer
CHARLESTON GAILLARD CENTER Martha and John M. Rivers Performance Hall May 28 at 7:30pm; May 31 at 7:30pm; June 4 at 7:30pm; June 7 at 7:30pm; June 11 at 8:00pm 1 hours, 45 minutes Performed without an intermission Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Matthew White Lauren Michelle Troy Cook Brandie Sutton Calvin Griffin John Allen Nelson Benjamin Taylor Shane Thomas, Jr. Matthew Marinelli James C. Harris George Shirley
Assistant Conductor Children’s Choir Coordinator Children’s Choir Assistant Harmonia Children’s Chorus Vocal Coach Musical Preparation Production Stage Manager Associate Costume Designer
Kamna Gupta Suzanne Fleming-Atwood Catherine Hicks Colin Baldwin; Maeve Baldwin; Sean Baldwin; Maddalena Buzzelli; Caroline Buzzelli; Jane Jordan; Maggie Jordan; Caroline Jordan; Keagan Lynch; Deaglan Lynch; Aisling Lynch; Lili Maino; Kate Ridenour; Tommy Romano; Vivian Santos; Jack Santos Diane Richardson Keun-A Lee Becca Eddins Sophie Schneider
Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra Spoleto Festival USA Chorus
Scenery constructed at TTS Studios Costumes constructed at Detroit Opera Costume Shop
A Co-Production of Spoleto Festival USA, Detroit Opera, and Boston Lyric Opera. Opera Programming is endowed by the Arthur and Holly Magil Foundation. Sponsored by BMW Group Plant Spartanburg
These performances are made possible in part through funds from the Spoleto Festival Endowment, generously supported by BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America. Spoleto Festival USA is proud to present these performances with the support of the Charleston Gaillard Center.
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