Igor Bakan brings a full, resonant bass voice and a strong emotional charge to Colline's farewell to his overcoat.
Because of their lack of typicity, the wines of Domaine de la Grande Colline sometimes fail to qualify for the use of the appellation in which the grapes were grown.
Borgou and Atacora, which host a large population of FSW, have limited resources compared to Colline, Donga, Plateau, and Mono, which have more limited numbers of FSW.
Ainhoa Arteta sang Musetta with a hard-edged, brassy sound well suited to the character; Richard Bernstein's Colline could win a few converts to the joys of an operatic voice, and Earle Patriarco is a nice Schaunard.
A world heritage site, like the rest of the city's historical center, the Croix-Rousse used to be Lyon's colline qui travaille (hill that works), in opposition to Fourvière, which, topped by a monumental basilica, was the colline qui prie (hill that prays).
The budget Disney experience version is to stay off site – perhaps at Parc de la Colline campground (00 33 1 60 05 42 32; camping-de-la-colline.com) – and travel to Disneyland by shuttle bus or on the fast and reliable RER line to Marne-la-Vallée, a few minutes' walk from the entrance gates.
Add to this the Colline of John Relyea, looking like a Daumier caricature as he exercised his increasingly limber, impressive voice, and Earle Patriarco as a solid Schaunard, and the result was a quite satisfactory "Bohème".
Colline: I'm going out / To sell my hideous Afghan coat, / But not before / I've sung for a long time / About it.
When I first went to work at the Colline, people said, 'You remind us of why we became actors.' For the French, there is a tradition of using art, drama and painting to create an interpretation of human society".
Bar-room chanteuse Musetta (Mairéad Buicke) has a strong lesbian following, while Schaunard (George von Bergen) and Colline (Pauls Putninš) are a gay couple prone to the same jealousies as their straight friends, thanks to Schaunard's roving eye.
