GIVEAWAY Vancouver Opera Presents La Bohème

by Rebecca Bollwitt Monday, March 9th, 2026 — 5:11pm PDT

Vancouver Opera concludes its 66^th season with Puccini’s La Bohème, an enduring love story that will have a five-show run this April and May — and you can enter to win tickets!

Vancouver Opera La Bohème — (Submitted) Photo by Eric Waters for North Carolina Opera, 2022.

Vancouver Opera Presents La Bohème

La Bohème has remained one of the most beloved and frequently performed operas worldwide since its 1896 premiere, due in large part to captivating pieces like Quando m’en vo, a.k.a. “Musetta’s Waltz”, and perhaps the most famous duet in opera, O soave fanciulla, sung on that moonlit moment when Mimì and Rodolfo fall in love. VO Music Director Emeritus Jonathan Darlington returns to conduct some of the most romantic and iconic music in opera history. Singing the role of Mimi is soprano Jonelle Sills, directed by Pacific Opera Victoria Artistic Director, Brenna Corner (Hansel & Gretel, Carmen: Up Close and Digital).

Dates: April 25 – May 3, 2026
Location: Queen Elizabeth Theatre (630 Hamilton St, Vancouver)
Tickets: Available online now from $99-$350

Puccini’s masterpiece transports us to the heart of 1890s bohemian life in Paris, where love blossoms amidst dreams, hardships, and the unyielding pursuit of artistic freedom. La Bohème has remained one of the most beloved and frequently performed operas worldwide since its 1896 premiere, due in large part to captivating pieces like “Quando m’en vo”, a.k.a. “Musetta’s Waltz”, and perhaps the most famous duet in opera, “O soave fanciulla”, sung on that moonlit moment when Mimì and Rodolfo fall in love.

In a bustling community of artists, students, philosophers, and Quartier Latin café denizens, the deep connection between the young poet Rodolfo and the seamstress Mimì is eventually tested by the bittersweet passage of time and the emotional toll of illness and poverty.

VO Music Director Emeritus Jonathan Darlington returns to conduct some of the most romantic and iconic music in opera history, while Pacific Opera Victoria Artistic Director Brenna Corner crosses the Salish Sea to direct a stunning international cast. Whether you’re discovering it for the first time or returning to a beloved classic, La Bohème speaks passionately to the soul, reminding us to cherish the fragility and fleeting beauty of life and love.

Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Premiered 1896 in Turin
Sung in Italian with English Projected Titles
Approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes, including one 25-minute intermission

Vancouver Opera’s 2026-2027 Season

For Vancouver Opera’s 2026–2027 season, they are presenting some of the most popular and indisputably spectacular operas of all time — they all rank in the top 10 most performed operas worldwide in this very decade, despite having a collective age of 509! VO’s 67th season will open with the white-hot intensity of Tosca in October 2026, followed by Rossini’s effervescent comedy The Barber of Seville in February 2027, the season concludes in grand style with Verdi’s beloved La Traviata in April/May 2027. Two-opera and three-opera season ticket packages are available now for 2026–2027.