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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In 2012, when Los Angeles Opera had once again revived a 19-year-old production of “La Bohème” — fancied for its Toulouse-Lautrec-inspired sets, cinematic pizzazz and echt-romanticized filmic story telling by Hollywood director Herbert Ross — I wrote that the beloved production has earned its keep, but no production lasts forever.

From Los Angeles Times

Gustavo Dudamel conducted a futurist new production of “La Bohème” in Paris that took place in outer space.

From Los Angeles Times

Disruptive opera director Yuval Sharon, founder of The Industry, came up with the arresting idea of presenting “La Bohème” backwards, beginning with the death of Mimi in the fourth act and sending the audience home in the rapture of the Act 1 love duet between Mimi and Rodolfo.

From Los Angeles Times

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

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