Several struggling bohemians try to survive in the Latin Quarter of Paris in the winter of 1830, hoping to one day become famous. Playwright Rodolphe (John Gilbert) and his painter roommate Marcel (Gino Corrado) have trouble with Bernard (Eugene Pouyet), the landlord, who threatens to throw them out if they do not come up with the monthly rent that night. Rodolphe reluctantly starts writing an overdue article for a journal editor to earn some money, but the editor rejects his work. With the help of their friends, musician Schaunard (George Hassell) and bookish Colline (Edward Everett Horton), they are able to raise their rent money.
Their next door neighbor, Mimi (Lillian Gish), an orphaned, friendless embroiderer, has the same problem. Bernard is attracted to her, but when she does not respond to his overture, he issues the same threat. She takes her meager belongings to the municipal pawnshop, but does not receive enough money to pay the rent. On her way back, she is nearly run over (deliberately) by the carriage of the rich, idle aristocrat Vicomte Paul (Roy D'Arcy). She has to fend off his advances.
La bohème (French pronunciation:[la bɔ.ɛm], Italian:[la boˈɛm]) is an opera in four acts, composed by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger.
The world premiere performance of La bohème was in Turin on 1 February 1896 at the Teatro Regio, conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini; its U.S. premiere took place the next year, 1897, in Los Angeles. Since then, La bohème has become part of the standard Italian opera repertory and is one of the most frequently performed operas worldwide.
In 1946, fifty years after the opera's premiere, Toscanini conducted a performance of it on radio with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. This performance was eventually released on records and on Compact Disc. It is the only recording of a Puccini opera by its original conductor (see Recordings below).
Origin of the story
According to its title page, the libretto of La bohème is based on Henri Murger's novel, Scènes de la vie de bohème, a collection of vignettes portraying young bohemians living in the Latin Quarter of Paris in the 1840s. Although usually called a novel, it has no unified plot. Like the 1849 play by Murger and Théodore Barrière, the opera's libretto focuses on the relationship between Rodolfo and Mimì, and ends with Mimì's death. Also like the play, the libretto combines two characters from the novel, Mimì and Francine, into a single Mimì character. Early in the composition stage Puccini was in dispute with the composer Leoncavallo, who said that he had offered Puccini a completed libretto and felt that Puccini should defer to him. Puccini responded that he had had no idea of Leoncavallo's interest and that having been working on his own version for some time, he felt that he could not oblige him by discontinuing with the opera. Leoncavallo completed his own version in which Marcello was sung by a tenor and Rodolfo by a baritone. It was unsuccessful and is now rarely performed.
La Bohème is a 2009 short film from directed by Werner Herzog. The four-minute film features images of harsh life in Ethiopia set to "O Soave Fanciulla" from the opera La Bohème. It was part of a series of short films commissioned by Sky Arts and English National Opera.
Leoncavallo wrote his opera La bohème contemporaneously with Giacomo Puccini's own treatment of the same story. Leoncavallo later revised the work, titling it Mimi Pinson, but despite initial respect, it did not survive. Puccini's version has become a standard in the operatic repertoire, whereas Leoncavallo's opera is rarely performed. Leoncavallo's version did not receive its UK premiere until May 1970.
Allan Atlas has analysed in detail the different treatments of the death of the Mimi character in both Leoncavallo's and Puccini's versions of La bohème, contrasting the historical success of Puccini's opera and the relative failure of Leoncavallo's.
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Synopsis
Act 1
Café Momus
The innkeeper Gaudenzio tries in vain to eject the Bohemians, who never pay and are continually up to no good. During the conversation another piece of horseplay on their part is discovered. They sit down to dine, while Musetta gaily sings. (Canzonette: "Mimi is the name of my sweet blonde.") Naturally when they are asked to pay the bill, they have no money. A comic fight ensues between them and the innkeeper, who has called his servants to assist him. It is ended by Barbemuche, who offers to pay the bill.
La bohème full opera with English subtitles (Zeffirelli, 1965)
Music: Giacomo Puccini
Libretto: Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa
Conductor: Herbert Von Karajan.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli.
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Alla Scala
Mimì: Mirella Freni
Musetta: Adriana Martino
Rodolfo: Gianni Raimondi
Marcello: Rolando Panerai
Schaunard: Gianni Maffeo
Colline: Ivo Vinco
Producer: Zeffirelli
Cinematography: Semmelroth
English Subtitles: Cipriani
published: 08 Jul 2020
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Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo) "Che gelida manina"
Fiamma Izzo d' Amico (Mimi) "Sì, mi chiamano Mimi"
From Act 1.
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Music: Giacomo Puccini
Libretto: Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa
Conductor: Herbert Von Karajan.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli.
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Alla Scala
Mimì: Mirella Freni
Musetta: Adriana Martino
Rodolfo: Gianni Raimondi
Marcello: Rolando Panerai
Schaunard: Gianni Maffeo
Colline: Ivo Vinco
Producer: Zeffirelli
Cinematography: Semmelroth
English Subtitles: Cipriani
Music: Giacomo Puccini
Libretto: Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa
Conductor: Herbert Von Karajan.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli.
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Alla Scala
Mimì: Mirella Freni
Musetta: Adriana Martino
Rodolfo: Gianni Raimondi
Marcello: Rolando Panerai
Schaunard: Gianni Maffeo
Colline: Ivo Vinco
Producer: Zeffirelli
Cinematography: Semmelroth
English Subtitles: Cipriani
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20 Great Love Songs
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G.Puccini's opera "La Boheme" (1986 Production)
Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo) "Che gelida manina"
Fiamma Izzo d' Amico (Mimi) "Sì, mi chiamano Mimi"
From Act ...
G.Puccini's opera "La Boheme" (1986 Production)
Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo) "Che gelida manina"
Fiamma Izzo d' Amico (Mimi) "Sì, mi chiamano Mimi"
From Act 1.
G.Puccini's opera "La Boheme" (1986 Production)
Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo) "Che gelida manina"
Fiamma Izzo d' Amico (Mimi) "Sì, mi chiamano Mimi"
From Act 1.
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Olga Kulchynska sings an excerpt from Musetta’s Act II aria in the final dress rehearsal. Production: Franco Zeffirelli. Conductor: Marco Armiliato. 2019–20 sea...
Olga Kulchynska sings an excerpt from Musetta’s Act II aria in the final dress rehearsal. Production: Franco Zeffirelli. Conductor: Marco Armiliato. 2019–20 season.
Olga Kulchynska sings an excerpt from Musetta’s Act II aria in the final dress rehearsal. Production: Franco Zeffirelli. Conductor: Marco Armiliato. 2019–20 season.
Music: Giacomo Puccini
Libretto: Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa
Conductor: Herbert Von Karajan.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli.
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Alla Scala
Mimì: Mirella Freni
Musetta: Adriana Martino
Rodolfo: Gianni Raimondi
Marcello: Rolando Panerai
Schaunard: Gianni Maffeo
Colline: Ivo Vinco
Producer: Zeffirelli
Cinematography: Semmelroth
English Subtitles: Cipriani
Provided to YouTube by Symphonic Distribution
La Boheme · Charles Aznavour
20 Great Love Songs
℗ 1980 Blue Pie Publishing USA
Released on: 1980-01-01
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G.Puccini's opera "La Boheme" (1986 Production)
Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo) "Che gelida manina"
Fiamma Izzo d' Amico (Mimi) "Sì, mi chiamano Mimi"
From Act 1.
Single inclus sur l’album de reprises « AZNAVOUR, SA JEUNESSE » (Kendji, Indila, Black M, Soprano, Amel Bent, Camelia Jordana, Oxmo Puccino, Grand Corps Malade,...)
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Olga Kulchynska sings an excerpt from Musetta’s Act II aria in the final dress rehearsal. Production: Franco Zeffirelli. Conductor: Marco Armiliato. 2019–20 season.
Several struggling bohemians try to survive in the Latin Quarter of Paris in the winter of 1830, hoping to one day become famous. Playwright Rodolphe (John Gilbert) and his painter roommate Marcel (Gino Corrado) have trouble with Bernard (Eugene Pouyet), the landlord, who threatens to throw them out if they do not come up with the monthly rent that night. Rodolphe reluctantly starts writing an overdue article for a journal editor to earn some money, but the editor rejects his work. With the help of their friends, musician Schaunard (George Hassell) and bookish Colline (Edward Everett Horton), they are able to raise their rent money.
Their next door neighbor, Mimi (Lillian Gish), an orphaned, friendless embroiderer, has the same problem. Bernard is attracted to her, but when she does not respond to his overture, he issues the same threat. She takes her meager belongings to the municipal pawnshop, but does not receive enough money to pay the rent. On her way back, she is nearly run over (deliberately) by the carriage of the rich, idle aristocrat Vicomte Paul (Roy D'Arcy). She has to fend off his advances.