About the Event

Ankara State Opera & Ballet

La Bohème

Music: G. Puccini

Libretto: Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa

Conductor: Antonio Pirolli

Director: Murat Göksu

Set Design: Özgür Usta

Costume Design: N. Gazal Erten

Chorus Master: Ivan Pekhov

Costume Design: Bülent Arslan

Children's Choirmaster: Öykücan Yavşan

One of Puccini's most beloved works, La Bohème tells a touching story of love and friendship in 19th-century Paris. Rodolfo and Mimì's passionate romance unfolds alongside the lives of their friends who bring joy, dreams, and art to their bohemian world.

Based on Henry Murger's Scènes de la vie de bohème, the opera flows as a series of vivid, interlinked scenes. Puccini's expressive melodies, combined with Illica and Giacosa's brilliant libretto, evoke the spirit of Paris and make La Bohème a timeless masterpiece still cherished 129 years after its creation.