Word: pucciniã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...63rd year of its existence, the Lowell House Opera (LHO) presents a very ambitious staging of Puccini??s classic La Bohème. Working under the aegis of the 18th century German philosopher, poet and philologist Friedrich Nietzsche, LHO’s production hopes to prove Marx wrong in his belief that “everything enters history only twice: first as tragedy, then as farce.” La Bohème explores Nietzsche’s proposed third entrance into history: irony...
This is where LHO turns Puccini??s work into an ironic one. By presenting this story to a Harvard audience as reflection of itself, LHO attempts to show how its viewers are actively using the lives of the characters portrayed as their entertainment, reinforcing their poverty...