La bohème (Leoncavallo)
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La bohème is an Italian opera in four acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger. The opera received a successful premiere at the Teatro
Poster for the premiere
Scene from La bohème at the Théâtre de la Renaissance in Paris on 10 October 1899
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.
La bohème (Leoncavallo)
…a successful premiere at the Teatro la Fenice, Venice, on 6 May 1897. Leoncavallo wrote his opera La bohème contemporaneously with Giacomo Puccini's own treatment of the same story. Leoncavallo later revised the work, titling it Mimì Pinson, but despite initial respect, it did not survive. Puccini's version has…
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