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 ...

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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.

“The realistic story is just an occasion Puccini uses to create this music.” He read the 1851 book “Scènes de la vie de bohème (Scenes of Bohemian Life)” by Henri Murger, much originally published in ...

In the 21st century, the dilemma facing many opera companies around the world is how to refresh centuries-old operas to appeal to a modern audience. Giacomo Puccini’s masterpiece “La Bohème,” one 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 ...

The world’s most popular and most performed opera is Giacomo Puccini’s tragic tear-jerker La bohéme (1896). Ever since its world premiere at Turin’s Teatro Regio, conducted by soon-to-be legendary ...

Opera Colorado is deep in rehearsals for it's production of La bohème, the iconic opera written by Giacomo Puccini in 1895. It's the story of four young friends living the bohemian lifestyle in Paris.

DETROIT (AP) — The man who staged Wagner in a parking garage and put his audience in stretch limos to watch an opera while driving around Los Angeles is now turning his hand to a staple of the ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso Opera’s 2025-2026 season will feature Puccini’s “La Boheme” as its featured production. “‘La Boheme captures the raw beauty of youth, love and loss in artistic ...