Opera is BIG in Italy. Florence is no exception. In fact, Florence claims to be the original home of opera with the 1598 production of the first opera.
Fast forward to 2016. Florence has a new opera house that hosts a full season of operas.
We recently purchased a package and attended the first production--Puccini's La bohème, a boy gets girl-loses girl-gets girl story set to music in 1830 Paris. The performance was excellent and the ending was moving.
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| Original 1896 poster |
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| Florence's new opera house |
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| Inside the opera house before the performance, which started 15 minutes late. |
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| A scene near the end of the performance, before things go from bad to worse. |
Coming soon, Verdi's Nabucco (or Nebuchadnezzar in English).
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