ESU Departments of Music and Theatre To Present Talk “La Boheme,” The Most Performed Opera in the Repertoire

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While many people are familiar with the award-winning musical Rent, not everyone knows that the musical’s story of young artists who meet, flirt, fall in love and break up, and come back together, draws its characters and inspiration from the popular opera “La Boheme.”

In a talk, “La Boheme – The Most Performed Opera in the Repertoire,” opera enthusiast Eugene Galperin, Ph.D., an assistant professor of mathematics at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, will explore the timeless story and touching characters of the opera, which is known for its lush melodies.

The presentation is at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 2 in the Dale Snow Theatre of ESU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center, Normal and Marguerite streets. It is open to the public at no cost. 

The talk, the fifth presentation of the lecture series, “Why Opera Still is Relevant Today,” is geared toward people with little or no knowledge of opera and will provide an introduction to Giacomo Puccini’s “La Boheme,” one of the Metropolitan Opera’s Live-In-HD series designed to make outstanding opera productions accessible to audiences throughout the world.

“La Boheme” will be screened Saturday, April 5, at 12:55 p.m. and Wednesday, April 9, at 6:30 p.m. at Cinemark Theater in the Stroud Mall. 

“These broadcasts have been going on for years and most students haven’t been aware,” Galperin said. “I attempted to spark some interest and increase attendance of these broadcasts. After my previous four talks during the past year, several students and community members attended the broadcast for the first time. That was encouraging, and I would like to keep it going.”

The program is being sponsored by ESU’s Departments of Music and Theatre. For more information, please call Galperin at 570-422-3931.