Art connoisseurs of Tashkent say they still keep sweet impressions from the recent brilliant staging of Giuseppe Verdi’s Troubadour opera.

In the meantime, Alisher Navoi State Academic Grand Theater has another surprise for them. It is a premiere of Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme opera that has evoked no lesser interest and delighted praise from spectators.

The story of the life of creative youth full of dreams and hopes was presented for the first time at Turin’s Teatro Regio. Ever since, the play has won the hearts of numerous generations of art connoisseurs.

Libretto to the opera Bohemia was written by Luigi Illica and Guiseppe Giacosa based on the product of Henry Murger Scenes of Bohemian Life.

The play is about young and unconcerned people who despite their poverty are getting delighted of life. Their days are filled with adventures and romantic. Heroes of the opera are keen in various arts – poetry, painting, music and all of them belong to the so called bohemia – intellectuals that have no stable income and lead a dissolute life. But, when one of them meets his love he understands the true value of life, feelings and relations that are sometimes so fragile. Alas, the feelings of heroes could not withstand the impending distress – death that is always out of season.

Thus, the play makes people to think over that in rapid rhythm of and bustle of modern life we miss the most important. Love is beautiful, but only genuine feelings could cope with ordeals. After seeing the Bohemia the spectators unwillingly start valuing their life and even seriously think about diseases and ailments that are sometimes turned out fearfully real.

Honored Worker of Culture of Uzbekistan Andrei Slonim acted the production director of the opera Bohemia who willed to present this heartfelt and enthralling history with the capital public. Thanks to his efforts the spectators saw the popular play filled with quite new and distinctive elements.

“For the first time the Bohemia was staged in Navoi Theater in 1959. But with the course of time any play needs to be refreshed,” says Andrei Slonim. “The current version of Bohemia is of quite new concept that is defined by space and relations of heroes. In my view, this play is topical in present days, especially, to the youth. It teach to be wise, prudent and careful treat for own happiness.”

The production groups also included music supervisor and conductor, People’s Artist of Karakalpakstan Aida Abdullaeva, production designer, Honored Worker of Culture of Uzbekistan Zubaydullo Botirov, conductors Honored Worker of Arts of Uzbekistan Anvar Ergashev and laureate of international contests Bobomurod Khudoykulov, head of the children’s academic opera-ballet studio under the Navoi Theater Tal’at Bahromov and others. Characters are portrayed by both celebrated actors and young promising artists.(Source: “Uzbekistan Today” newspaper)