La Bohème

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La Bohème is a renowned Italian opera in four acts that poignantly portrays the lives and loves of struggling artists in 19th-century Paris.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian-language opera
opera
act1Setting attic in the Latin Quarter of Paris
act2Setting Café Momus in Paris
act3Setting Barrières of Paris
surface form: Barrière d’Enfer, Paris
act4Setting attic in the Latin Quarter of Paris
author Henri Murger
basedOn Scènes de la vie de bohème
composer Giacomo Puccini
conductorAtPremiere Arturo Toscanini
countryOfOrigin Italy
firstCityOfPremiere Turin
firstPerformanceCountry Italy
frequentlyPerformed yes
genre opera
verismo opera
hasAria Che gelida manina
Mi chiamano Mimì
Quando me'n vo'
hasEnsemble O soave fanciulla
historicalContext Romantic period in music
surface form: Romantic era
language Italian
librettist Giuseppe Giacosa
Luigi Illica
notableCharacter Colline
Marcello
Mimì
Musetta
Rodolfo
Schaunard
notableRecording 1946 NBC Symphony Orchestra recording conducted by Arturo Toscanini
numberOfActs 4
operaNumberInComposerOutput fourth opera by Puccini
periodOfComposition 1893–1895
premiereDate 1896-02-01
premierePlace Teatro Regio di Torino
surface form: Teatro Regio, Turin
publisher Casa Ricordi
settingLocation Paris
settingTime 19th century
structure four acts
subjectMatter bohemian lifestyle in Paris
lives of struggling artists
theme bohemian life
death
friendship
love
poverty
typicalPerformanceDuration about 2 hours

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Giacomo Puccini notableWork La Bohème
José Carreras notableRole La Bohème
this entity surface form: Rodolfo in Puccini's "La bohème"
Renata Tebaldi famousRole La Bohème
this entity surface form: Mimì in Puccini's "La bohème"
Renata Tebaldi madeStudioRecordingsOf La Bohème
this entity surface form: "La bohème"
Anna Netrebko notableWork La Bohème
Angel Blue notableRole La Bohème
this entity surface form: Mimì in La bohème
Rent basedOn La Bohème
this entity surface form: La bohème
Broadway production of "Rent" basedOnWork La Bohème
subject surface form: Broadway production of Rent
this entity surface form: La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini
Angela Gheorghiu notableWork La Bohème
this entity surface form: La Bohème (Mimì)
Alfie Boe performedIn La Bohème
this entity surface form: La bohème
Manon Lescaut followedBy La Bohème