In the late 1880s Paris was filled with a concentration of larger than life artistic characters - Van Gogh, Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec, and others. In describing this new production, director Josh Shaw explains, “ La Bohème is a timeless story with themes as relevant today, as they were in the original setting.
His work as a director has been described as “Brave and unflinching,” “Ingenious,” “Relentlessly and adorably rambunctious,” “with enough good comic ideas for at least three productions.” Shaw has directed over 75 productions at companies across the USA and is also the Executive and Artistic Director of Pacific Opera Project (POP). Stage director, Josh Shaw is named as one of Musical America’s Top 30 Innovators in Classical Music. A vibrant young creative team from across the United States have been collaborating since October to bring this original design production of Puccini’s most loved grand opera to Southwest Florida. The painting sparked a vision of the characters in the opera living upstairs from that cafe and coming down to hang out there, just like Van Gogh and the Paris Impressionists would have”.
General Director, Steffanie Pearce explains, “ I was looking for a poster image when I came across Van Gogh’s Café Terrace at Night. For this highly anticipated new production, Gulfshore Opera wanted to present a fresh new look at this most famous of Puccini’s operas. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Fort Myers on January 24, 2021. Gulfshore Opera, Southwest Florida’s professional touring opera company, makes La Bohème their rescheduled debut production at the Barbara B.
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