La bohème

La Boh?me, French for "(The) Bohemia(n lifestyle)", is an opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on La Vie de Boh?me by Henri Murger. The world premi?re of La boh?me 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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La boh?me 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 boh?me focusses more on the Musetta and Marcello relationship, rather than that of Mim? and Rodolfo as in Puccini's.

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Opera: Opera refers to an European art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music. Comparable art forms from other parts of the world are usually prefaced with an adjective indicating the region; examples include Chinese opera and Beijing opera....

Giacomo Puccini: Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924) is regarded as one of the great operatic composers of the late 19th and early 20th century....

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