Digital Scholarship@UNLV

Title

La Boheme

Authors

Taras Krysa, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Phillip Lenberg, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Music Program

Publication Date

3-9-2007

Publication Title

UNLV Opera Theatre

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. School of Music

Publisher Location

Las Vegas (Nev.)

First page number:

1

Last page number:

16

Abstract

One of the most popular and beloved operas of all time, La Bohème was composed in December 1895 by Giacomo Puccini. He became interested in the Scènes de Ia vie de Bohème, a novel by Henri Murger in the winter of 1892-3, before the premiere of Manon Lescaut. His intention to base an opera on Murger's novel involved him in controversy with Leoncavallo, who claimed precedence on the novel in 1893 in his publisher's periodical, II secolo. Leoncavallo asserted that he already had artists in mind and that this fact was well known by Puccini. This assertion was quickly rebutted by Puccini, writing the next day to II carriere della sera. His letter stated that he welcomed the chance to compete with his rival while allowing the public to judge the better composer.

Disciplines

Music | Music Performance

File Format

pdf

File Size

2900 KB

Language

English

Comments

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Rights

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Repository Citation

Krysa, T., Lenberg, P. (2007). La Boheme. UNLV Opera Theatre 1-16.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/music_opera/7