La Bohème Definition & Meaning

American

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La Bohème American [lah boh-em, la baw-em] / ˌlɑ boʊˈɛm, la bɔˈɛm /

noun

1. an opera (1896) by Giacomo Puccini.

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Yet before we became Tinseltown, we had, count ‘em, three major opera houses downtown. At 1st and Main streets, on the site of the Caltrans building, sat the Grand Opera House. Mason Opera House was but two blocks away on Broadway. Around the corner from the Grand, Puccini’s “La Bohème” had its U.S. premiere in a 1897 touring production at the Los Angeles Theatre .

From Los Angeles Times

Giacomo Puccini, composer of “La Boheme,” “Tosca” and “Madama Butterfly,” died in 1924, leaving “Turandot,” his 13th opera, unfinished.

From Los Angeles Times

“There’s a passage where Musetta is raising a Champagne glass,” Costa-Jackson said, referring to their “La Bohème” in 2021.

From Seattle Times

Very early in the last century, her great-grandmother, then a teenager, worked up the courage to audition for a new opera called “La Bohème.”

From Seattle Times

That led to the role of Rodolfo in Puccini’s “La Bohème” at the Fujian Grand Theatre in China in 2017.

From Seattle Times

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