However, Maria’s spirit survives, returning to haunt the city of her birth in death.Premiered: 1968, Buenos Aires, Argentina – Sala Paneta. In her quest for freedom, Maria turns her back on her former, innocent life and her world devolves into darkness as the gritty streets of Buenos Aires claim her as their own. WHAT: 'María de Buenos Aires' tells the story of Maria, a “cursed” woman, who was seduced by the streets. WHAT: The story is set in Paris around 1830 and shows the Bohemian lifestyle of a poor seamstress and her artist friends. Last performed by Kentucky Opera in September 2013.ĬREDITS: Composer: Giacomo Puccini, Libretto by: Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa

2022-23 Kentucky Opera Season 'La bohème' Discount season subscriptions are also available to purchase starting at $110 and include 'La bohème' as well as the 2022/23 season's main stage performances of the tango opera 'María de Buenos Aires' and Rossini’s 'Cinderella.' A holiday production of 'The Gift of the Magi' will be performed at the Opera Center, Kentucky Opera’s new home on Magazine Street.Īll tickets are available now at. Single tickets for 'La bohème' start at $45.25, with discounts for students and groups, and are available now for purchase by visiting or by calling (502) 584-4500. You'll have five opportunities to catch the Kentucky Opera's production of 'La bohème' including, Friday, Sept. The opera will also feature members of Kentucky Opera’s Youth Opera Project and the River City Drum Corps.

Kentucky Opera’s production will be performed over 120 minutes in four acts and will be sung in Italian with English captions. It is such a truly human story where we get a magnificent slice of these young people’s lives in which they wrestle with money, with love, with illness, with grief, and with joy.' “This opera has my heart,” Kelly Kitchens, stage director 'La bohème.' “It was one of the first operas I ever saw as a young person, and I was transfixed.

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