La Bohème 2026 at Sandringham House
La Bohème at Sandringham House, with kind permission of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla.
We are delighted to announce that, following the success of La Traviata in October 2024, Diva Opera are returning to the unique and historic setting of Sandringham House this October with Puccini's much loved opera La Bohème, in aid of Tapping House.
Giacomo Puccini’s most famous opera, La Bohème, tells the poignant story of four struggling young artists living in Paris in the late 1880s. Rodolfo, a poet, falls deeply in love with Mimì, a gentle seamstress, while his friend Marcello, a painter, navigates a stormy on-again, off-again relationship with the vivacious Musetta.
Rodolfo and Mimì share a brief period of happiness, but their love is overshadowed by hardship. Fearing that their poverty will worsen Mimì’s tuberculosis, Rodolfo convinces himself that they must part. Months later, when Mimì becomes gravely ill, she returns to the garret where Rodolfo and his friends live. The two lovers reminisce tenderly about their first meeting and their love, but their reunion comes too late. Mimì dies peacefully, leaving Rodolfo heartbroken and inconsolable.
Starring Diva Opera's Mary McCabe as Mimì and Robyn Lyn Evans as Rodolfo, with Tereza Gevorgyan and Jean-Kristof Bouton as Musetta and Marcello.
Diva Opera is Britain’s foremost chamber opera company, and was founded by Anne Marabini Young and Bryan Evans thirty years ago, to take opera out of the confines of traditional theatre and bring it to unique settings. Since its inception, the company has earned an unrivalled reputation within the operatic world and beyond. Giving around 40 performances of full operas and concerts annually, they are now ambassadors for chamber opera internationally. This year they will tour throughout the UK, Channel Islands, France and South Africa with new productions of La Cenerentola and La Bohème.
Ticket Information:
Ticket price of £200 includes reception, interval drinks and canapés, before an end of evening celebration with an auction. Tickets are limited to 160 guests. For fairness, seating will be allocated in order of ticket sales.
There is an option to purchase a commemorative ticket and programme which will be provided to guests on the evening.
Car registration details and dietary requirements will be collected upon booking. Please have this information to hand.
Exact directions and arrival arrangements will be provided 1 week ahead of the event.
All proceeds will go to Tapping House.
Dress code: Black Tie
For further information please contact the Tapping House Fundraising Team on 01485 601701 or email us at fundraisingoffice@tappinghouse.org.uk
