"A madly brilliant reimaging" * * * *—The Times"This is Puccini without a safety net and it works" * * * *—Evening Standard"Transfers effortlessly from 1830s Paris to contemporary London... in Norton-Hale's canny translation, the words and notes both make their mark … this is about as real as verismo gets.”—The Guardian"A riotous coup de théâtre that fizzes with fun and fabulousness... A Bohème quite unlike any other - * * * *"—The Metro"Robin Norton-Hale’s sharp, demotic translation... seems set fair to bring Puccini’s indestructible masterpiece to many more punters, opera fans and neophytes alike...charted with an immediacy that one does not always get in a larger house...intensely affecting—* * * *"—Evening Standard

"A madly brilliant reimaging" * * * *—The Times"This is Puccini without a safety net and it works" * * * *—Evening Standard"Transfers effortlessly from 1830s Paris to contemporary London... in Norton-Hale's canny translation, the words and notes both make their mark … this is about as real as verismo gets.”—The Guardian"A riotous coup de théâtre that fizzes with fun and fabulousness... A Bohème quite unlike any other - * * * *"—The Metro"Robin Norton-Hale’s sharp, demotic translation... seems set fair to bring Puccini’s indestructible masterpiece to many more punters, opera fans and neophytes alike...charted with an immediacy that one does not always get in a larger house...intensely affecting—* * * *"—Evening Standard

"A madly brilliant reimaging" * * * *—The Times"This is Puccini without a safety net and it works" * * * *—Evening Standard"Transfers effortlessly from 1830s Paris to contemporary London... in Norton-Hale's canny translation, the words and notes both make their mark … this is about as real as verismo gets.”—The Guardian"A riotous coup de théâtre that fizzes with fun and fabulousness... A Bohème quite unlike any other - * * * *"—The Metro"Robin Norton-Hale’s sharp, demotic translation... seems set fair to bring Puccini’s indestructible masterpiece to many more punters, opera fans and neophytes alike...charted with an immediacy that one does not always get in a larger house...intensely affecting—* * * *"—Evening Standard