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Tulsa Opera Opens Its 68th Season with "La Boheme"

Public Radio Tulsa | By Rich Fisher
Published October 20, 2015 at 1:42 PM CDT
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Giacomo Puccini's "La Boheme" is, of course, the musically sumptuous tale of four young Parisienne bohemians and their loves and losses. (It's also, as many of us know, the basis for "Rent.") Tulsa Opera's 68th season gets underway this weekend with this popular opera. Karin Wolverton stars as Mimi, and Sony Music recording artist Nathan Granner (of "American Tenors" fame) makes his company and role debut as Rodolfo. We're joined on this edition of ST by Tulsa Opera's artistic director, and conductor for the production, Kostis Protopapas, who talks in detail about this opera. While most viewers will focus on the romantic dealings of the two protagonists, Protopapas says this opera is more about the youthful and solid friendships at the heart of the story (as is certainly the case with "Rent," as well). Tulsa Opera presents "La Boheme" tonight (Friday the 16th) at 7:30pm as well as Sunday the 18th at 2:30pm; both shows are in the Tulsa Performing Arts Center's Chapman Music Hall.

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Rich Fisher
Rich Fisher passed through KWGS about thirty years ago, and just never left. Today, he is the general manager of Public Radio Tulsa, and the host of KWGS’s public affairs program, StudioTulsa, which celebrated its twentieth anniversary in August 2012 . As host of StudioTulsa, Rich has conducted roughly four thousand long-form interviews with local, national, and international figures in the arts, humanities, sciences, and government. Very few interviews have gone smoothly. Despite this, he has been honored for his work by several organizations including the Governor's Arts Award for Media by the State Arts Council, a Harwelden Award from the Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa, and was named one of the “99 Great Things About Oklahoma” in 2000 by Oklahoma Today magazine.
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