La Boheme - at the CCP

So I watched La Boheme at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

I had taken Andrea to watch it, and for a nine year old she seemed to enjoy it fairly enough.

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Catch me in a passive mood and I'd say it was a mediocre production.

Catch me in an expressive one then
I'd have to tell you that watching this particular staging of the classic, extravagantly artistic opera made me want to run to the nearest Mercury Drugstore and buy a ton of Omega ointment and take aim at the stage.

Bottom line:

La Boheme is the number one and most loved opera in the world.

The entire cast in this production has large potential.

Approximately four people in the cast has absolute out-of-the-ballpark operatic voice and acting abilites and fierce stage presence (one of them is the boy who sang a little solo and who therefore outshined the rest of the younger-aged cast)

BLAME THE DIRECTOR for concoting this modernized, half-assed, unthought out, mechanical, awkward and just BAD staging of this dynamic and timeless opera.

Our thoughts to Maestro Giacomo Puccini who must be turning in his grave.

Check out the full review, click:

http://feistysashimi.blogspot.com/2008/10/la-boheme-philippine-operatic-compa...

(due to want of more privacy on THAT blog, I've changed the blog URL to something else. please do send me a message so I could give you the new one. thanks!)

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