insideKENT Magazine Issue 25 - April 2014 | Page 30

ARTS Opera and Ballet International present an Ellen Kent production Love and loss in Paris sets scene for romantic opera AWARD-WINNING OPERA PRODUCER ELLEN KENT BRINGS ONE OF THE MOST ROMANTIC OPERAS EVER WRITTEN TO THE STAGE IN HER NEW TOUR FOR 2014, AND BETTER STILL, IT IS COMING TO TWO VENUES IN KENT! The powerful and emotional La Bohème is the tragic tale of hopeless romance between the doomed, consumptive Mimi and penniless writer Rodolfo. Ellen, who lives near Canterbury, said: “The scene when Mimi a