La bohème

the century in New York City. Many of the characters featured in RENT are struggling artists, vying for others to listen to their opinion. Many consider the musical to be a modernized version of Puccini’s La bohème, an opera written in the 1800s about struggling young bohemians. In La bohème, one of the characters ultimately dies from tuberculosis, while in RENT many of the characters deal with the implications of HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS, or human immunodeficiency virus/ acquired immunodeficiency…

Many plays have content that is arguably political and often plays that seem the farthest from politics have elements that some viewers see as a statement of political opinion. Political plays often do not deal directly with political officials but with current events and political standpoints regarding those issues. Both Rent and The Accidental Death of an Anarchist deal with issues current at the time of their creation and though focused on different issues they use very similar tactics like…

and I competed in the voice section in this competition. I joined the performance “I fly together with my country”, sang in a choir and this performance was shown in CCTV. From 2009 to 2012, when I was in the middle school, I joined the opera La Boheme on May 14th in 2011, in Xinghai Concert Hall in Guangzhou, acted in the children’s choir in the opera with the Little Lark Choir. From 2008-2010, I studied the art of language from Jilan Lu, who is the first level actor of the Guangzhou military…

once, the stage erupts with cast members running in-between and out of the industrial themed set, a strum of a guitar is heard and a critically acclaimed overnight sensation is born in the image of Jonathon Larson. Adapted from the popular opera La Bohème, Rent the musical was created in the hopes of representing the minute bohemian culture of New York City at the end of the 20 century who were confronted with impoverishment, HIV and homosexuality. Going against traditional musical theatre…

Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There, by David Brooks, is an insightful exploration of societal roles throughout the 20th and 21st century in North America. I believe this book provides a framework to understand how and why standards and class have developed in the way they have and, in my case, allows the reader to draw conclusions regarding their own goals and desires in their private and professional endeavours. The term Bobo is derived from combining the terms…

Yanessa Morillo-Delerme was the second performer of the night. Her first performance was “Alma Del Core” by Antonio Caldara. Born in Venice, Caldara made his career in Mantua, Rome and Vienna, serving in the last of these from 1716 as vice-Kapellmeister at the imperial court. As a composer he was versatile and prolific, with some 90 stage works to his credit. Caldara wrote a steady series of over 40 oratorios, liturgical music, motets, and cantatas sacred and secular. His 1712 Christmas cantata…

performance. Set design was something I originally never paid attention to whenever I went to a performance. During this semester, I learned to appreciate the hard work that went into creating the set. My favorite set was the set for the opera La Boheme. In each set, it wwas clearly evident that there was so much thought and time that went into it. From every little piece of snow to the market scene, there was a lot of detail that could be…

across my mind, it had thought of rent payment for an apartment, yet another object came across was the musical Rent. Rent is a rock and pop musical with book, lyrics, and music by Jonathan Larson. It is loosely based on Giacomo Puccini’s opera LA Bohème. Rent is a story of a group of impoverished young artist financially struggling to survive, and under the shadow of HIV and AIDS in the neighborhoods of New York…

artistic mediums brought to light the culture and struggles of black people during their time and in past history. One of the best known of these artists is Langston Hughes. His name even appears in pop culture references such as in the song “La Vie Bohéme” from the musical Rent. One of Hughes most famous poems is titled “I, too, sing America”. It refers to not just the time in which it was written but the history of people of African descent in America. The poem’s use of simple yet powerful…

Many children experience nightmares. They toss and turn in their beds until a loving parent arrives to comfort them. Often though, the thing that eventually eases the child back into sleep is their own idea that morning and light are near. It is human nature to look toward the future to relieve fear and anxiety; but what if that future seems uncertain? What if the new day coming looks grim, foreboding, not hopeful at all? The 1980s were a time of excess and materialism. Fashion became more…