tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373774966243326009.post5623904319313597851..comments2024-02-20T22:23:29.588-08:00Comments on Northwest Reverb: Portland Opera dishes up wonderful La BohèmeJames Bashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02313639615830815219noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373774966243326009.post-86587480943374044802009-09-28T00:06:38.511-07:002009-09-28T00:06:38.511-07:00Oh, I don't for a moment think that at that st...Oh, I don't for a moment think that at that stage Mimi loves Rodolfo. She is using him. Her target might just as easily have been Marcello or either of the others. Once she sees how smitten Rodolfo becomes and how he doubtless tries to satisfy her every whim, then she falls in love with him. But it's a love born of need.S.Llewellynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13821618234404574856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373774966243326009.post-43682237845205635682009-09-27T22:27:40.193-07:002009-09-27T22:27:40.193-07:00Yet, why would a young woman who falls in love giv...Yet, why would a young woman who falls in love give her beau her street-walker name? I mean, if Mimi really does love Rodolpho then she would've given him her real name.James Bashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02313639615830815219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373774966243326009.post-19776206547597276952009-09-27T16:09:36.179-07:002009-09-27T16:09:36.179-07:00Hi Stephen,
Thanks for your note. From where I wa...Hi Stephen,<br /><br />Thanks for your note. From where I was sitting, I couldn't see her blow out the candle, but I kind of suspected that she did.James Bashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02313639615830815219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373774966243326009.post-47614777601631832362009-09-27T11:00:37.384-07:002009-09-27T11:00:37.384-07:00I wholly agree with you about Mimi and the lack of...I wholly agree with you about Mimi and the lack of vulnerability in this production but I am sure that was by design. Here she is shown to be, in a sense, manipulative from the very start when we see her blow out her candle before knocking on Rodolfo's door. One suspects she had waited for the others to leave before presenting herself there. She tends to be portrayed as a sweet innocent S.Llewellynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13821618234404574856noreply@blogger.com