Presenting La Femme Bohème – One Company’s Story of Taking on Gender and Sexuality in Opera
MetroWest Opera Presents La Femme Bohème – The Original All-Female Version of Puccini’s La Bohème Mosesian Center for the Arts Black Box Theater 321 Arsenal Street Watertown, MA 02472 Now in its 10th year, MetroWest Opera—a small, grass-roots professional opera company based in Boston, MA—is challenging notions of casting in opera—in particular the depiction of gender and sexuality—with the regional premiere of La Femme Bohème, the original all-female version of La Bohème. First produced by Local Artists, Local Opera (LOLA) in Austin, Texas, La Femme Bohème is a direct response to a growing issue within the world of…