La Bohème
Parisian artists' tragedy
La Bohème is an 1896 opera by Giacomo Puccini, set among poor young artists in Paris.
The title means "the bohemian life" in French—a reference to the unconventional, free-spirited existence of struggling creatives.
The tragic love story between the seamstress Mimì and the poet Rodolfo remains one of opera's most performed works: We saw La Bohème at the Met.
- operaTheatrical art combining song
- PucciniItalian operatic composer
- ParisFrance's chief city
- MimiFeminine nickname or diminutive
- RodolfoOpera's consumptive poet-lover
tragic love · starving artist · garret · tuberculosis · aria · romance · poverty · artists · candle · seamstress · Latin Quarter · tragic · attic · love · winter · café · poet · painter
operatic tone/genre
La Bohèmecomic opera
Humorous sung theatrical work
Falstaff · operetta · The Mikado · The Merry Widow · Gilbert and Sullivan