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La Bohème am Main [ Author Michael Daniel Watson ] [ From category THE Articles ] [ Subcategory OperaRail 2015 ] [ Translator Cristian Butnaru ] [ Article date: 2015-02-28 ] [ From city Frankfurt Pe Main ] [ Country Germania ]   Frankfurt am Main, The Frankish Citadel on the Main river - to not be mistaken, because of name, with the East German city Frankfurt am Oder - it’s the fifth German city having a population of 650.000 inhabitants, as much as Oslo, double than Craiova and a little less than Chisinau. Although its small compared to other metropolis, this city is one of the most powerful financial centers in Europe. The biggest five German banks plus the Central European Bank and the Commodity Exchange (being in the first six in the world, established in 1585) have their main centers here. Due to this reason the city is often called Bankfurt am Main. Furthermore, here is located the second biggest airport in Europe (after Heathrow in London) as well as the DB headquarters, Deutsche Bahn - the German C.F.R. :-) The headquarter is a giant sky-scrapper, which along with other buildings makes the city center to resemble with an area from Manhattan in New York, famous for its sky-scrappers. Due to this reason the city has another nickname Mainhattan. But the city doesn’t have only modern centers, but also medieval buildings, the majority were rebuilt after World War II. In Kaiser Dom, the emperors cathedral, were Prussian rulers were crowned. These buildings along with the market, City Hall, Romer, as well as the Old Opera are just a few places that invite us in a back in time journey. Fressgasse or the Satiation Alley, by the real name Grosse Bockenheimer Strasse, is their pedestrian street something like Lipscani in Bucharest or Republic in Brasov. There are a lot of units to get stuffed :-) , restaurants, confectionery, tuck-shop and other nests that moves your mouth to the belt. Still there it’s located a naked dame standing on her belly. A little hard and chubby the dame, but what can you do maybe that’s how the Germans like it. It seems that the dogs hate it. After I got down from the statue :-) in a few seconds a dog started barking bitterly. Initially I thought he was arguing, but he was rather scared than jealous. :-) He barked at her, carefully approached, smelled it and when he realized it’s made of white marble, he left happy lashing his tail. :-) At Frankfurt, in 1914, was born the great writer Goethe. His home, is near a museum dedicated to him, was bombed in the Second World War was faithfully rebuild after. Among his creations there are some operas like Faust and Werther. No, for this he only “composed” the subject. :-) As there are a lot of supporters amongst the readers :-) I can’t finish the town’s presentation without mentioning about the stadium, because this is the model after which the National Arena, in Bucharest, was build. Yes, it resembles very well, there are only two big differences, one in our favor and the other on their favor. The National Arena is better looking. It’s newer and lively colored. But near their stadium I saw a lot of children playing football. Could this explain why Germany is world champion at this sport? ... But we are world champions too … at women handball under 18 years, at useless mocking’s and heel pass. The title at handball is real; the rest of the paragraph is a mocked heel pass. :-) The spectacle didn’t took place where I hoped to - no, not in the Kaiser Dom or the Dom in Koln. :-) A few years back, when I first visited the city, I saw Alte Oper meaning "the Old Opera", the most beautiful building in town. It was inaugurated in 1880 by the emperor Wilhelm the first between them, to specially come for the event. The building is especially used for opera concerts and symphonic music. I know that Angela Gheorghiu singed there. It was a ruin for forty years after the war - the Germans can move slowly sometimes - in the present time the building was renovated and now is one of the most beautiful Operas in Germany. The new building of the Opera looks on the outside like an universal store and if it didn’t wrote explicitly on the building you wouldn’t have a clue that the opera is there, especially since you can see at the first floor through the big windows a big restaurant. The interior is modern, of course, and is acceptable as an opera hall, especially since the ceiling makes a pleasant atmosphere. It’s decorated with little lights that look like the stars on the sky. The base decoration of the first act was a big dark brown brick wall, which is as large and high as the scene. On top there is a blue metal sheet which wants to resemble to the roof (but I don’t find the colors to match). On the wall there are a few windows and spouts and in the middle there is an iron sliding door like the graph for cosine of ics. :-) In the right there is a big stove and a corresponding chimney to eliminate the smoke. At one of the windows there are two sand sacks placed on the case, which is really good, otherwise the wind would blow and the spectator would have got a flue, not just Mimi. :-) In spite of the pipes, Rudolfo is in a tail coat. Colline is black and has a grey trench coat. Mimi is Asian (dressed in white) and Marcelo has a long, white shirt that wears above the grey working pants. Alcindoro also dressed in a tail coat, looking dandy. “Colline, sei morto? ”. The German public laughs! ”Non son solo! Siamo due! ”, the three friends tells admiring-provocative “uuu”, the public begins to laugh again. At Momus, kind of all people are dressed in black. So are the decorations and the terrace (on the left), the people (center right, some in a carriage situated in the middle), a dummy with a black robe and a skeleton head is moved over the crowd. Only Rudolfo, Marcello and the old man of Musettei have white shirts, but these are underneath and can be seen just a little. Only Mimi is dressed completely in white. A contrast catchy for an idea. As actions to remark, Marcelo is a bit aggressive and even threatens with a chair the old man that escorts Mussete. At start he strips ‘till his chest and then he removes his pants – didn’t understand why - at the end he removes a shoe (phosphorescent green!?! ) which he offers to Mussete, after she fakes that her shoe is tight on her feet. Maybe this is the peace pipe in Frankfurt. :-) Still in the moment of their reconciliation, I liked that Shaunard and Colline hugged ironically, but the part that I enjoyed the most was how sexy Mussete was singing on the carriage and the men were gazing here. Well I think so to, who else is on top of a carriage, singing, in the middle of the Frankfurt Opera stage? :-) The inn from act three is a door phosphorescently outlined in the right back, near there is a commercial and a window. The scene is occupied only by a barrier - which is huge, almost as long as the scene - the back is clear, this way the scenery offers the true sensation of a deep black. In the right there are a few steps towards the inn and in the left a kiosk, guardhouse with the door on a side.From the kiosk a soldier comes out, on the side, - with back towards the spectators - fakes a piss. The spectators easily laugh when he draws the zipper. But I can’t understand and probably won’t why peeing represents something modern and to show on stage. We didn’t lived in the Roman era, but I think that even by then or maybe long before people were doing something like this. There is nothing modern in this and the whole world how it’s done. :-) From the inn an old man comes out with two bimbos. A while later, another one comes out and fakes to puke. See, I don’t have anything against throwing up on a scene! :-) And neither against an old man with two girls. :-) ) ) Aaa, shame on you, Adiii! :-) ) ) At the end of their wonderful melody from this act, Mimi and Rudolfo step away from each other, R to the right of the scene, Mimi towards the background. There half of the black wall is put aside and in the empty place a bright white towards Mimi goes and disappears. In the fourth act the brown wall reappears. The only difference is a white mattress thrown on the floor. The Germans laughs when Marcello says high-pitched ”Rispeti la modestia”, and the black Colline sings very well ”Vecchia zimarra”. Only “meine Mutze” - mia cuffieta - rosa, in words - is white. “Man nennt mich Mimi.” - ”My name is Mimi.” “Ah, Mmimmmii! Mei-nee scho-o-nee Mmimmmii! ” PS: It’s nice to know a little German, what can I say. Yes, for example I know exactly a little. From this opera I learned another one, mutze, cuffieta, cap or hat. But I know other words… mainly. One would be “haupt.” This means “main”. When I heard in the speaker at the subway that the next station is haupt, I got off quickly. I was going to HauptBahnHof, the main railway station. Just that I got off at HauptWache, the main building of the guards. :-) Distribution: Mimi: Karen Vuong Rodolfo: Francesco Demuro Musetta: Juanita Lascarro Schaunard: Björn Bürger Marcello: Daniel Schmutzhard Colline: Vuyani Mlinde Benoit: Franz Mayer

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