La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini offers us the heart‑breaking story of the poet, Rodolfo, and the fragile Mimi, and some of the most beautiful pages in the repertoire. The director, Claus Guth, sets their broken love affair in space, creating a universe in which the past resurges in the form of hallucinatory flashbacks. 

“This intergalactic Bohemia has the charm of a dream as powerful as it is exhilarating.” Les Inrockuptibles

“A salutary vision” Libération

“The sets and costumes are fascinating” Le Monde

To broaden access to major operatic and choreographic works in keeping with its public-service mission, the Paris Opera promotes the free summer screening—outdoors or in a suitable heritage venue—of an opera or ballet filmed in its theatres, the Palais Garnier or the Opéra Bastille.

This is the purpose of the “Opéra d’été” initiative, launched in 2013, to which the Paris Opera is particularly committed.

This year, this programme is extended to all French Institutes and Alliances Françaises worldwide, helping to bring the initiative to an international audience.