Classical Notes

Terrific La Bohème sets the bar even higher for INO

The Irish National Opera gave audiences ‘by far the best production of Puccini’s masterpiece I have ever witnessed at home or on film’

Merūnas Vitulskis (Rodolfo) and Celine Byrne (Mimì) in INO’s production of La Bohème 2023. Picture: Ros Kavanagh

I want to be immediately up front about this. Irish National Opera’s latest production of Puccini’s La Bohème at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre should be seen by everybody who has an interest in opera in Ireland. Or maybe, more correctly, those who have not seen any opera at all in Ireland. It is by far the best production of Puccini’s masterpiece I have ever witnessed at home, or even on video, film or television. ...