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La Boheme' staged by DVO in Narrowsburg
NARROWSBURG, NY — Puccini's "La Boheme" is opera at its best: emotional, engaging and believable. Set in Paris in the 1830s, it follows the story of the poet Rodolfo, who falls in love with his garret neighbor, Mimi, on Christmas Eve; they romance, then have a painful falling out until, several months later, she dies of consumption. Another couple, the painter Marcello and his old flame, Musetta, renew their love affair on Christmas Eve in the Latin Quarter, soon quarrel, and then the couples part with "Our time for parting is when the roses bloom." It is Musetta who brings Mimi home to the garret for the climactic finale, with Rodolfo invoking "Mimi" in one of the most moving scenes in opera.
Don Giovanni fills the house to overflowing
The River Reporter, Arts & Leisure (Original Article here)
NARROWSBURG, NY — The curtain at the Tusten Theatre had to be held for 15 minutes while ushers furiously attempted to find seats for the sell-out crowd that came to the production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” on Sunday, August 3.
Long-time opera goers at the theatre couldn’t remember as big a crowd at this one. “Maybe it’s because this is the only time this opera will be held at the Tusten,” one of them said.
The Delaware Valley Opera (DVO) has scheduled a second performance of Mozart’s most famous opera at the Selig Theater at Sullivan County Community College on August 10 and a third at the Ritz Theatre in Hawley, PA on August 15, but that’s all.
“We’ll have to plan it differently next season,” said Jim Blanton, the DVO’s energetic artistic and musical director.
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