La bohème

Giacomo Puccini’s lush and ravishing score returns to Chautauqua for the first time since 2003. Stage Director Keturah Stickann (La Traviata, L’Orfeo, The Mother of Us All, and Hansel and Gretel) tells this tragic tale through the eyes of an older and affluent Rodolfo, as the poet is haunted by the ghost of Mimì, and the memory of his fellow bohemians. With a full orchestra in the pit, and a strikingly reimagined chamber chorus framing the central characters on stage, this surprisingly intimate La bohème brings the grand emotions of Italian opera back to Chautauqua’s Amphitheater. 

Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa/Luigi Illica  
Keturah Stickann – Stage Director 
Steven Osgood – Conductor

CAST
Eric Botto – Rodolfo
Cara Bender – Mimì
Joel Balzun – Marcello
Victoria Lawal – Musetta
Erik Tofte – Schaunard
Seoyong Lee – Colline
Robert Feng – Benoît / Alcindoro

Wednesday, August 6, 2025
8:15 p.m. • Amphitheater
Ticket Price: $49–$59 (General Admission is included with the Traditional Gate Pass. Upgrade for added fee.)