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Dec 30, 20232 min read

Why a 1960s La Bohème?

By Helena Binder, Director -- When I saw this photo in the New York Times Book Review some years ago, of the poet Allen Ginsberg, I...

Dec 28, 20231 min read

Bringing the Story to Life

Tony Cisek, Set Designer -- The scenic design for La Bohème was born from the director's notion that the opera starts as Rodolfo is...

Dec 26, 20231 min read

Dressing the Part

Alan Smith, Costume Design -- The timeless themes of love, jealousy, and heartache in La Bohème transfer seamlessly from the original...

Nov 9, 20232 min read

First Coast Opera to stage La Bohème on December 30-31

Renee Unsworth, Totally St. Augustine — First Coast Opera, Inc. (FCO) will stage Puccini’s masterpiece, La Bohème, on New Year’s Eve...

Jan 6, 20221 min read

La Traviata performed to record audiences

Provocative and risqué, La Traviata was interested not in society’s shining façade, but its guilty secrets. Violetta, Verdi’s heroine, is...

Jan 2, 20221 min read

Directing an Opera

By Helena Binder, Director La Traviata -- My preparation for directing any opera starts months before the rehearsals begin. Even if, as...

Nov 25, 20212 min read

Ring in the New Year with Verdi’a La Traviata.

Provocative and risqué, La Traviata was interested not in society’s shining facade, but its guilty secrets. Violetta, Verdi’s heroine, is...