Bohème, La Individual Operas Opera Styles
Bohème, La Individual Operas Opera Styles
Bohème, La
La Bohème ("The Bohemians") is the title of two different operas, one by Ruggero Leoncavallo and the other (more famous) by Giacomo Puccini. Both are based on Henri Murger's true-to-life tale, the Scènes de la vie de bohème, ("Scenes of Bohemian Life").
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- New York's Metropolitan Opera provides an act by act summary of the story and action.
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- Complete English translation of the opera with each act listed separately, aria translations, synopsis, plus the composer's thoughts upon completion and a list of choruses and protagonists.
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- Story of the development of the work and the role played by Leoncavallo in stirring its conception. Includes many photographs and other illustrations with links to synopsis and libretto.
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- Translation of Henri Murger's Scenes de la Boheme comes from the 1888 version published by Vizetelly and Co.in London.
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- Geoffrey Riggs summarizes and rates video and audio performances of the work.
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- Arizona Opera presents an act by act synopsis of the Puccini work, audio samples in WAV and AU formats, and links to composer biography and external resources.
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- Archive of the Puccini work from Opera Glass at Stanford University. Links to composer and librettist information, libretto, performance history, synopses, English translation of the novel, and discography.
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