Adam Plachetka, currently the most famous Czech bass-baritone, performs again at the Metropolitan Opera, this time in La Bohème of Italian composer Giacomo Puccini.
Adam Plachetka stars in Puccini’s timeless tragedy, which offers three dynamic duos as the bohemian lovers. Sopranos Federica Lombardi, Anita Hartig, and Elena Stikhina alternate as the heartbreaking seamstress Mimì, and tenors Matthew Polenzani, Stephen Costello, and Joseph Calleja share the role of the love-struck poet Rodolfo. The tempestuous lovers Musetta and Marcello are played by sopranos Olga Kulchynska, Heidi Stober, and Kristina Mkhitaryan, along with baritones Adam Plachetka and Alexey Markov. Maestros Carlo Rizzi and Marco Armiliato take the podium to oversee Franco Zeffirelli’s magnificent production.
You can see Adam Plachetka on October 10, 13, 17, 21, 25, 28, 2023, November 1, 4, 2023, and Jan 4, 8, 13, 2024.
You can get 15% off tickets here.
More about La Bohème in Metropolitan Opera in New York here.
La Bohème production shots by © Richard Termine / Met Opera and Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera
Adam Plachetka was educated at the conservatoire in his home town of Prague.
Following his debut at the Prague National Theatre in 2005, Adam has since returned as Don Giovanni, Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), Nardo (La finta giradiniera), Argante (Rinaldo), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) and many more.
In September 2010 Adam became a member of the Ensemble at the Wiener Staatsoper and made his debut as Schaunard (La bohéme). Since then, he has performed many other roles including Melisso (Alcina), Don Giovanni, Dulcamara (L`elisir d`amore), Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro, Il barbiere di Siviglia), Guglielmo, Publio (La clemenza di Tito), Mustafà (L`Italiana in Algeri), Alidoro (La Cenerentola), Conte Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Dottor Malatesta (Don Pasquale), Paolo Albiani (Simon Boccanegra) and Riccardo Forth (I Puritani).
Adam appears regularly at the Meropolitan Opera, New York (Don Giovanni, L’elisir d’amore, Le nozze di Figaro, Così fan tutte) and at the Salzburger Festspiele (Benvenuto Cellini, Rusalka, Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro, Die Zauberflöte).
Photo by © Ilona Sochorová
