Set 50 years in the future, Paris is facing social upheaval, climate crisis, and rumors of war. A small group of artists make their home in the beating heart of the city-a converted storage shed atop a building. The surrounded is defined by a mirror as cold as winter, beautiful and terrible. The scenic environment in this international collaboration between an American director, an American scene designer, Korean costume and lighting designers was born out of the question: what will the world look like to the poor in a future Bohemian Paris? This is a world where the cities are driven to bitter cold by a climate crisis, and cause bitter social unrest and war which leads to massive population shifts that re-shape the world. This production strips the idealized romance of this opera away, and yet the small lit candle of love between two people gives the Bohemians a reason to press on.
Production Credits
Daejeon Arts Center
Composer – Giacomo Puccini
Lyricist – Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Director – Stephen Carr
Conductor – Hee Jun Choi
Scene Design – Charles Murdock Lucas
Costume Design – Hwan Kim
Lighting Design – Jeong Hoon
Actors featured in Photos
Gong Byung-woo
Kim Jae-hyung
Heo Jong-hoon
Hong Joo-young
Alfred Kim
Ji-Min Park
Seok Sang-geun
Jeon Seung-hyun
Im Woo-Taek
Jang Yu-ri
Photography – Charles Murdock Lucas