PUCCINI: La Bohème*

PUCCINI: La Bohème* 1 February. Turin, T.R. Text by G. Giacosa and L. Illica (founded on the novel by H. Murger). Four parts. After Le Villi (1884), Edgar (1889) and Manon Lescaut (1893), Puccini’s fourth opera, and even more successful than Manon Lescaut, as the following records show: BUENOS AIRES 16 June 1896 (in Italian). ALEXANDRIA 6 January 1897 (in Italian). Moscow 1 February 1897 (in Italian). LISBON 11 February 1897 (in Italian). MANCHESTER 22 April 1897 (in English, translated by W…