Time & Location
17. Juni 2026, 19:30 – 22:00
Theater Heilbronn, Berliner Pl. 1, 74072 Heilbronn, Germany
About the event
In the attic of a Parisian house, the artists Rodolfo, Marcello, Schaunard, and Colline live on the brink of poverty. When their young neighbor Mimì knocks on their door to ask for a light for her candle, a new concern enters Rodolfo’s life: love. Despite Mimì’s illness, they decide to remain together until spring. But can this great, yet so fragile, love survive the bitter winter?
“It is a magnificent and a dreadful life, with its victors and martyrs,” wrote Murger in his novel Scenes of Bohemian Life. Based on this source, the renowned librettists Giacosa and Illica created a text of heart-rending beauty and exceptional musicality.
Puccini himself experienced such impoverished student years in Milan; his score for La Bohème breathes the vibrant spirit of youth and the poetry of suffering. Despite the failure of its premiere in 1896, this hymn to love has prevailed over time and secured…