La bohème

La Bohème, French for "(The) Bohemia(n lifestyle)"{{ref|NotPerson}}, is an opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on La Vie de Bohème by Henri Murger. The world première of La bohème was performed in Turin on February 1, 1896 at the Teatro Regio (now the Teatro Regio Torino) and conducted by a young Arturo Toscanini.

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French - Opera - Giacomo Puccini - Libretto - Luigi Illica - Giuseppe Giacosa - La Vie de Bohème - Henri Murger - Turin - February 1 - 1896 - Teatro Regio Torino - Arturo Toscanini

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La bohème is Puccini's most famous and popular opera. In fact, it is one of the most performed operas today, if not the most performed. It is the basis for the Broadway musical Rent. Leoncavallo composed his own version of the story. His La bohème focusses more on the Musetta and Marcello relationship, rather than that of Mimì and Rodolfo as in Puccini's.

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Rent - Leoncavallo - La bohème

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