We tend to view “bohemia” through a hagiographic lens, but its inception, as depicted by the French writer Henri Murger in a series of vignettes entitled Scenes of Bohemian Life (1851), was hardly ...

In 1996, the Tony Award-winning musical “Rent” brought the 1896 opera “La Bohème” into the present day, telling the story of low-income artists struggling to survive at the height of the AIDS crisis.

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Last year Baz Luhrmann had everyone in a dither with his audacious musical “Moulin Rouge.” This year, Luhrmann has everyone in a froth with his daring opera “La Boheme.” After a sell-out run in San ...

Baz Luhrmann's utterly enchanting Broadway production of "La Boheme" is just the thing to take the sting out of the winter chill. This unabashedly exuberant but intricately wrought staging of ...

Among the most goose-bump-inducing moments in opera is Mimì’s entrance in the duet that concludes the first act of Giacomo Puccini’s 1896 opera “La Bohème.” Rodolfo (tenor), a struggling poet, has ...

Prepare to be "swept away” by the Dallas Opera's new season. That's the theme the opera is rolling with for its 2018-19 season, which will be “filled with captivating stories and unsurpassed music ...

GBH Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen shares his rundown of the latest arts and culture events in and around Boston. This Boston Lyric Opera retelling of Puccini’s classic opera is noteworthy for the ...

Don’t let anyone tell you tailgating at the Santa Fe Opera is dead. The parking lot of the famed opera house north of the city was very much alive Friday in the hours before the opening night ...

The words "La Boheme" are box office gold for virtually every opera company; all you have to do is announce the title and the people will come. It's thus very tempting for a company to leave the piece ...