Star Roof Experience: La Bohème | Arena di Verona
About the Event
Combine Puccini's La Bohème with the exclusive Star Roof Experience.
The Star Roof Experience takes place on the terrace of the stars, a hidden gem known by few, including the locals of Verona themselves. This unique setting is situated between the first ring of the Arena and the surviving wing, which has stood as a symbol of the amphitheater since the 1117 earthquake. From this vantage point, you will be treated to a breathtaking view of Piazza Bra and its historic Liston, perpetually bustling with visitors.
Before the opera, only 24 special guests will have access to this magical place, to enjoy a Michelin‐starred dinner before being taken directly to the ‘open‐air royal box’ to attend the opera.
The goal of this initiative is to collect funds, alongside Verona’s Municipality
and the Department responsible for Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape
for the provinces of Verona, to preserve such a unique monument as the Arena.
Once the dinner concludes, you will be escorted to the coveted front‐row seats to savor the opera performance. During the intermission, you will have exclusive access to a designated area where a personalized courtesy service awaits you.
La Bohème is a four‐act opera composed by Giacomo Puccini in 1896 on a libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, based on Henri Murger´s “Scenes from the Bohemian Life”. The opera, a romantic favourite, explores the lives and loves of a group of young artists forging an unconventional existence in Paris in the 1840s.
Act 1: Christmas Eve in Paris. A quartet of young bohemians find ways to feed themselves and stay warm in their attic quarters, finding comic distraction in the form of their philandering landlord.
The group decides to celebrate Christmas at the Cafe Momus in the Latin Quarter. Rodolfo, a poet and playwrite, send the others on their way, planing to join them shortly.
Mimi, a seamstress, knock on the door — her candle has blown out, and she needs someone to light it again. Rodolfo obliges, and asks the captivating girl about herself. The candle blows out again, and in the darkness and confusion that ensues, the pair realise they have fallen in love. They go to join Rodolfo's friends at the cafe.
Act 2: The Latin Quarter is buzzing as Christmas approaches. Rodolfo buys Mimi a pink bonnet, and the friends take a table at the Cafe Momus.
Musetta, the former lover of one of the other bohemians, Marcello, enters with her elderly admirer, Alcindoro. Musetta torments Alcindoro and Marcello alike, before sending the former off to find a cobbler to fix her shoe. Marcello and Musetta are reunited, and Alcindoro is left with the bill!
Act 3:Two months later, Mimi goes to find Marcello at the inn where he and Musetta now live. Mimi tells Marcello that she and Rodolfo have parted ways, because the poet became unjustifiably jealous. Marcello tells her that Rodolfo is sleeping inside.
Rodolfo comes out to speak to Marcello, and Mimi hides, Rodolfo initially says the break up was caused by Mimi's coquettish behaviour, but eventually admits that Mimi is seriously ill, and he cannot help her. Rodolfo hopes that by parting from him, Mimi will find a wealthy suitor who will be able to give her what is needed to restore her health.
Mimi's tears and coughing give her away, and Rodolfo finds her. Marcello goes indoors to rein in the flirtatious Musetta, and Rodolfo and Mimi agree to an amicable separation, but decide to remain togeter until the spring.
Act 4: Several months later, Marcello and Rodolfo work alongside each other, and talk of their respective loves, both of whom have left them for wealthier suitors. The bohemians are back to scraping a living, and making fun of themselves in the process.
Suddenly Musetta appears. She has found Mimi, weak and ill, in the street, and has brought her to Rodolfo, as Mimi requested. Musetta and Marcello leave to sell Musetta's earrings for medicine, Colline to pawn his coat, and Rodolfo and Mimi are left alone to remember happier days.
The others return, and Mimi rallies momentarily, before she falls asleep, never again to wake. Rodolfo cries out her name, and weeps helplessly as the curtain falls.
Practical Information
Includes:
- Dedicated concierge
- Exclusive area
- Placé dinner before the show
- Courtesy gift
- 'open air royal box'
- Opera ticket 1st row
- Early Entry: priority access to the venue
A minimum of 2 tickets must be booked.
Included are:
- Ticket to the opera performance in the chosen category
- One month's free access to a premium classical music streaming service
- self‐guided audio tour of Verona in English
Cast / Production
to be announced
