GIACOMO PUCCINIʼS LA BOHÈME Links to resources and lesson plans related to Pucciniʼs opera, La Bohème.
The Aria Database: La Bohème http://www.aria-database.com/search.php?sid=a197d478ca7f11f8dddfcfb675b8cc5a&X=3&individualOpera=5 Information on 5 arias for La Bohème, including roles, voice parts, vocal range, synopsis, with aria libretto and translation.
Cambridge Studies in Opera: “The Puccini Problem” http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521856881&ss=exc Excerpt from Alexandra Wilsonʼs book, “The Puccini Problem” with .pdf download.
Canadian Opera Company: Study Guide for La Bohème http://files.coc.ca/studyguides/Boheme_StudyGuide_1314.pdf
Columbia University: New York City Opera Project: La Bohème http://www.columbia.edu/itc/music/NYCO/laboheme/index.html Multimedia guide for Pucciniʼs opera, La Bohème.
IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library: La Bohème http://imslp.org/wiki/La_Boh%C3%A8me_(Puccini,_Giacomo) Read online or download full music scores and vocal scores in French, Italian and English for La Bohème, music by Giacomo Puccini.
Internet Archive: Anna Netrebko - Puccini, La Boheme-Quando Men Vo (Musetta's Waltz) https://archive.org/details/AnnaNetrebko-PucciniLaBoheme-quandoMenVomusettasWaltz MP3 of Anna Netrebko singing Quando Men Vo (Musettaʼs Waltz).
Internet Archive: Canadian Opera Company's Synopsis of La Boheme https://archive.org/details/CanadianOperaCompanyCanadianOperaCompany_sSynopsisofLaBoheme An audio reading of the Canadian Opera Company's La Boheme synopsis.
Internet Archive: Carlos Kleiber La Boheme Act 1 https://archive.org/details/CanadianOperaCompanyCanadianOperaCompany_sSynopsisofLaBoheme MP3 of Act 1 of La Boheme at La Scala, recorded on March 30, 1979, featuring Luciano Pavarotti and Ileana Cotrubas, conducted by Carlos Kleiber.
Internet Archive: Canadian Opera Company's Synopsis of La Boheme https://archive.org/details/CanadianOperaCompanyCanadianOperaCompany_sSynopsisofLaBoheme An audio reading of the Canadian Opera Company's La Boheme synopsis.
Internet Archive: Les Derniers bohêmes : Henri Murger et son temps (1874) https://archive.org/details/lesderniersboh00mail Read online or download a .pdf of Henri Murgerʼs Les Derniers bohêmes
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Internet Archive: La Boheme O soave fanciulla - Enrico Caruso Giacomo Puccini RCA Victor https://archive.org/details/LaBohemeOSoaveFanciulla “O soave fanciulla” from opera “La Boheme,” sung by Enrico Caruso and Nellie Melba.
LA Opera: Lesson Plan: La Bohème http://www.laopera.org/DocumentsLAO/education/lessons/La%20Boheme%20- %20Never%20Get%20Out%20Alive.pdf As a result of this lesson, students will be able to describe how qualities in the music convey a specific emotion for a specific character (i.e., sympathy, disgust, humor, tragedy).
The Metropolitan Opera http://www.metopera.org/metopera/season/synopsis/boheme?customid=7 Features the synopsis for La Bohème in 8 different languages, including English.
Mount Holyoke College: Generations of Parisian Bohemia https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255-s01/boheme/generations.html A website created by Courtney Hopf, Leslie Kogan, and Rachel Brown for Mount Holyoke College's History 255: 'Les Miz and Les Media.'
NPR Music: 'La Boheme': 19th-Century 'Reality Opera' http://www.npr.org/2011/09/30/140929024/la-boheme-19th-century-reality-opera Pucciniʼs La Boheme and the new style called verismo. On World of Opera, host Lisa Simeone brings us a performance of La Boheme from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
NPR Music: “Puccini's 'La Boheme' At Its Best” http://www.npr.org/2011/07/18/103285060/puccinis-la-boheme-at-its-best Ted Libbey And Fred Child Recommend Puccini's La Boheme – The program tells the story behind the 1956 studio recording by conductor Thomas Beecham, featuring Jussi Bjorling, Victoria de los Angeles and Robert Merrill.
NPR Music: Simple Feelings, Powerful Drama: Puccini's 'La Boheme' http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130239317 Hear an introduction to La Boheme from the Vienna State Opera
NPR All Things Considered: “In Pricey Cities, Being A Bohemian Starving Artist Gets Old Fast” http://www.npr.org/2014/05/15/312779821/in-pricey-cities-being-a-bohemian-starving-artist-gets-old-fast Josh Shaw, who ran a recent Pacific Opera Project production of La Boheme in Los Angeles, says the opera's famous story of starving artists hits a little close to home.
NPR All Things Considered: Puccini's Beloved 'Boheme,' Times Two http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93609600 William Berger, author of Puccini Without Excuses, compares two recordings of La Bohème, Deutsche Grammophon featuring Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón and recording by Telarc, featuring Norah Amsellem and Marcus Haddock.
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Opera Today: Vittorio Grigolo and Angela Gheorghiu on why they love La Bohème (The Royal Opera) http://www.operatoday.com/content/2008/11/puccini_madama_.php Vittorio Grigolo, Angela Gheorghiu, Massimo Cavalletti and Irina Lungu introduce the main characters of La Bohème.
Operadis http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/ This website contains "discographies" which were generated by CLOR of the all opera recordings, including a listing of the 285 recordings of Giacomo Pucciniʼs La Bohème. CLOR is an Indexed Electronic Catalogue (IEC) on CD-ROM in which it is intended to list all recordings that are or have been commercially available of "complete" operas or of extended excerpts of operas longer than about 20 minutes, i.e. as long or longer than one LP-side. Audio and video recordings are included and the term "opera" is taken to include operettas, opéra-bouffes, G&S, zarzuelas and a few musicals, as well as works normally described as operas.
Pittsburg Opera Education: Curriculum Circle for La Bohème http://www.pittsburghopera.org/files/file/Lesson%20Plan%20Stems%20and%20Curriculum%20Circle%20for%20L a%20boheme(1).pdf
The Royal Opera: How to Stage an Opera: Exploring the complex naturalism of La Bohème http://www.roh.org.uk/news/how-to-stage-an-opera-exploring-the-complex-naturalism-of-la-boheme John Copley's classic production is intended to create an engrossing and believable world.
San Francisco Opera: La Bohème http://sfopera.com/Season-Tickets/2014-15-Season/La-Boheme.aspx http://sfopera.com/Season-Tickets/2014-15-Season/La-Boheme-for-Families.aspx La Bohème overview, synopsis and audio excerpts.
San Francisco Opera: La Bohème Production Rental http://sfopera.com/About/Production-Rentals/La-Boheme.aspx?path=sets http://sfopera.com/About/Production-Rentals/La-Boheme.aspx?path=costumes Photos of 1996 production with set designs by Michael Yeargan and costume designs by Walter Mahoney.
Seattle Opera: La Bohème http://seattleopera.org/tickets/production.aspx?productionID=122 Website includes an opera synopsis, opera trailer, videos and iPad app.
Stanford Universityʼs Opera Glass http://opera.stanford.edu/Puccini/ The Opera Glass website, featuring La Bohème and many other operas, includes detailed information on Libretto, Source Texts, Performance Histories, Synopses, Discographies, Role Creators.
YouTube http://www.youtube.com/ There are many video clips of La Bohème and other operas that can be viewed on YouTube.
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