Considering the entire cast for our afternoon was a group of alternates, it was easy to see just how much they wanted to put into their one shot at their roles. She was flirtatious, deliciously hysterical, and possessing a voice that could bring the whole house down. ![]() In contrast, Dyachek provided a sharp, comedic twist to the show that played off of the relative seriousness of the rest of the characters’ situations. Her voice was powerful and persuasive it was enough to draw us in even as she sang her first lines from behind the set pieces, before she made her first entrance. ![]() Williams brought a sweet vulnerability to Mimì that made you feel for the character when things began going wrong with her conflicted beau, Rodolfo. While the male singers were great, the two standouts for me were Nardus Williams as Mimì and Yelena Dyachek as Musetta. (Maybe I’ll do a comparison of the two in a future piece.)Īll of the singers did a wonderful job with the material. Overall? I thought the show was very good! It wasn’t the most amazing live show I’ve ever seen, but I still appreciated it as a fine performance of a classic opera, and I know for a fact that I enjoyed it more than I ever enjoyed the times I popped in my Rent on Broadway DVD. I wouldn’t, but the point is that I more or less knew what to expect from the story going in, and part of me wonders if that had any effect on how I saw the performance I know I spent a good amount of time during the show comparing and contrasting Rent and La bohème’s stories and characters. Of all the operas that I’ve heard of, La bohème is probably the one I was most “familiar” with.if one would count knowing that the musical Rent borrows plot elements heavily from the opera as being “familiar” with the material. ![]() ![]() I mentioned at the time that we enjoyed the show so much that my grandma decided to buy us tickets to see Houston’s upcoming production of La bohème, and I’m pleased now to say that the performance has officially come and passed. As you all well know, my first opera experience was a few weeks ago, when my grandmother took me to see Houston Grand Opera’s stunning production of Der fliegende Holländer, which I talked about in one of my pieces.
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