Though it had its premiere in 1896 and the story’s setting is 19th-century Paris, Puccini’s La Bohème remains strikingly apposite today in any big city with a concentration of struggling young artists and intellectuals and a vast gap between rich and the poor. That thematic relevance, together with a nonstop gusher of gorgeous music and a tear-jerker ending, have assured La Bohème a consistent place among the four or five operas most often produced, both worldwide and in North America.
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