Why does Tuberculosis make such good music? A deconstruction of La Boheme
In honor of my on-going, dramatic, hacking cough that makes me sound more like a dying opera character than a girl who is ready to go salsa dancing at a moment’s notice, I offer you a round about of Puccini’s La Boheme, whose Mimi dies of TB in one of the world’s most popular operas. La Boheme premiered in 1896 in Turin by Toscanini and has been played a zillion times around the world. Seriously. A zillion. But even after […]
Categories: dance | theatre | music • Tags: Angela Gheroghui, Ewan McGregor, La Boheme, Moulin Rouge, Nicole Kidman, Puccini, Rent, Roberto Alagna, Rosario Dawson