{"id":134399,"date":"2026-01-23T01:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T01:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/134399\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T01:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T01:37:08","slug":"a-classic-story-with-timeless-music-la-boheme-comes-to-el-paso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/134399\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cA classic story with timeless music\u201d \u2013La Boheme comes to El Paso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the world\u2019s most beloved operas, La Boh\u00e8me, returns to El Paso for five performances next week, telling the story of a group of young friends and their neighbor, Mim\u00ed, who is afflicted with tuberculosis (the dreaded disease killed a quarter of the adult population of Europe in the 19th century).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a classic story with timeless music that everyone loves,\u201d said Cherry Duke, Artistic Director of El Paso Opera in this interview with Intermezzo host Leora Zeitlin. Mimi \u201cis not going to make it to the final notes of the opera because she doesn\u2019t have health insurance, because she is a freelance entrepreneur who is making ends meet as best as she can,\u201d Duke said, noting the relevance to people today who struggle with the rising cost of living and health insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>The performances will take place in the historic St. Rogers Depot, which El Paso Opera has used before to create a more intimate environment for opera. \u201cWhen you are literally surrounded by the performers, it makes that immersive, emotional quality even more intense,\u201d said Arianne Marcee, EPO\u2019s executive director, who also participated in the interview. The orchestra will be seated in the middle of the venue, surrounded by the audience.<\/p>\n<p>In this interview, you\u2019ll learn about the diverse performers who have come from near and far to perform Giacomo Puccini&#8217;s opera, including Danielle Talamantes (Mim\u00ed), Ganson Salmon (Rodolfo), Levi Hernandez (Marcello), Jessica Sandidge (Musetta), Daniel Klein (Colline), and others, as well as the importance of both acting and musical skills, master classes, and much more. Kyle Naig will conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Five performances will be presented between January 30 and February 7. A master class with Danielle Talamantes takes place on Feb. 4 at UTEP Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall at 3 p.m. and is open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Musical clips in the interview:<\/p>\n<p>La Boh\u00e8me, opening scene, \u201cQuesto Mar Rosso mi ammollisce e assidera,\u201d by Giacomo Puccini, Orchestra of the National Academy of St. Cecilia, Leonard Bernstein conductor (Deutsche Grammophon cd #453109).\u201cToh, toh\u2026 Rataplan!\u201d from La Forza del Destino, by Giuseppe Verdi. Daniel Klein singing with the New Amsterdam Opera Orchestra, conducted by Keith Chambers (danielkleinonline.com).\u201cI\u2019m Beginning to See the Light,\u201d by Duke Ellington, performed by Danielle Talamantes, with Henry Dehlinger on piano (MSR cd #1617);\u201cFederico\u2019s Lament,\u201d from L\u2019Arlesiana, by Francesco Cilea. Ganson Salmon singing with the Raanana Symphonette Orchestra, conducted by Louis Lohraseb.La Boh\u00e8me,, \u201cO soave fanciulla,\u201d sung by Jan Peerce, Licia Albanese, et al., Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra (RCA cd #60340).<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"\"  width=\"880\" height=\"1139\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769132228_680_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the world\u2019s most beloved operas, La Boh\u00e8me, returns to El Paso for five performances next week,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":{"0":"post-134399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-headlines","10":"tag-el-paso-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}