Orchestra dell’Arte: La Bohème

Name: Orchestra dell’Arte: La Bohème
Start: 2024-11-09T19:30:00+00:00
Location: 60 Oxford Street, L7 3NY

Schedule

Sat Nov 09 2024 at 07:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

60 Oxford Street, L7 3NY | Liverpool, EN

Following the huge success of their performance of Madame Butterfly last year, Orchestra dell’Arte are once again bringing another of Giacomo Puccini’s glorious stage works to life here in Liverpool.
Since its premiere in Turin in 1896, La Bohème has become a standard work for all major opera companies. Set in Paris in the 1840s, this opera tells the story of a penniless quartet of young men, a poet, a painter, a musician and a philosopher. There is a chance meeting with a young seamstress, Mimi. In wonderfully theatrical style, a chance draught blows out both Mimi’s and Rodolfo’s candle. While searching for a light, their hands touch in the darkness, there is an instant mutual attraction, and this sets the scene for the drama that is to follow.
The group of friends go through a number of adventures, in a local cafe and also at the city gates. Mimi is quite obviously unwell, and there is great concern. The final act is pure Puccini, with some of the most exquisite music and drama, very reminiscent of the final scene of Butterfly. Mimi is now seriously ill, and the opera comes to a searingly passionate conclusion.
About Orchestra dell’Arte
Orchestra dell’Arte is a group of highly talented musicians performing as a salon or symphony orchestra, be it for intimate musical evenings or full-scale concert performances. Founded in 2010, the Orchestra has played concerts across the Northwest offering a very wide range of popular classical, romantic and themed repertoire. Programmes have included the work of a great many composers – from Mozart and Beethoven to Rimsky-Korsakov and Saint-Saens. Viennese evenings and concerts of light music including music from film, radio and television have added to the musical diversity and have always proved very popular. In 2013 the Orchestra became the Orchestra in Residence at St George’s Hall, Liverpool and celebrated its 10th Anniversary Season there with world-class soloists in 2019-2020. The recent staged production of Madame Butterfly with professional singers was highly acclaimed by the audience in Liverpool.
They have also performed with some of the highest calibre soloists including Sir Stephen Hough, Raphael Wallfisch, Jack Liebeck and Ofer Falk.
About Edward Peak (Conductor)
Edward Peak is Orchestra dell’Arte's Conductor and Artistic Director. Edward studied conducting at the Royal Manchester College of Music under George Hadjinikos and David Jordan, with other studies on the piano and double bass. After leaving college in 1973, he joined the double bass section of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO). This period as an orchestral musician enabled him to work under the baton of many world-renowned conductors, familiarising him not only with a vast repertoire but also with a wide range of conducting styles. His own conducting career began after study with Marek Janowski and advice from Sir Charles Groves.
He has conducted extensively with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Ochestra and also with the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra, the Northern Chamber Orchestra and internationally in programmes ranging from operatic and symphonic music to gala concerts of film music.
Promoted by Orchestra dell’Arte.
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Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Under-10’s are not permitted to sit on the balconies.
Please note no food or drink other than bottled water is permitted in The Tung Auditorium. Interval drinks can be ordered on arrival.
This concert will finish at approximately 9.45pm.