New spin on the venerable opera survives the translation from 1890s Paris to 21st-century London well, with only a few details damaged in the crossing Theatre director Robin Norton-Hale transfers her ...

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Norton-Hale, artistic director/CEO of English Touring Opera and founder of OperaUpClose, originally staged this contemporary ...

Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin are one of the film industry's most creative husband and wife teams. He's the visionary director; she's the set and costume designer who implements his ideas. But the ...

Giacomo Puccini’s “La bohème” is easily one of the most popular operas of all time. Despite being written from 1893-95 and set in 1830, today’s audiences continue to find its romantic tale of ...

La Boheme-- It would take a lot to ruin a production of Puccini’s masterpiece, "La Boheme," although one or two "concept" stagings have tried. Director Robert Dornhelm, admittedly not an opera ...