Henri Murger
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Louis-Henri Murger, also known as Henri Murger and Henry Murger, was a French novelist and poet.
Bust of Henry Murger (the monument itself spells his name "Henry," rather than the usual French spelling of Henri) in the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris
Grave.
La bohème
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La bohème is an opera in four acts, composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger.
Henri Murger
…they were too poor to afford wine). In his writing he combines instinct with pathos, humour, and sadness. The book is the basis for the 1896 opera La bohème by Puccini, Leoncavallo's opera of the same name, and, at greater removes, Amadeu Vives' zarzuela Bohemios, Kálmán's 1930 operetta Das Veilchen vom…
Rodolfo, costume design by Adolfo Hohenstein for the premiere at the Teatro Regio, 1896
Mimì's costume for the premiere
Act 2 costume design for "la rappezzatrice" (the clothes mender) for the world premiere performance
Set design by Adolfo Hohenstein for act 2 in the premiere