New York City Opera Project: La Bohème

Images

Edouard Cabane,"Le Manchon de Francine" (1888). The episode of Francine'death from Murger's "Scenes de la boheme" inspired the scene of Mimi's death in Puccini's opera. Source: Luce Abeles, ed. "Le vie de Boheme" (Paris, 1986).

 

Caricature of Henry Murger. Source: Luce Abeles, ed. "Le vie de Boheme" (Paris, 1986).

 

 

Postcard illustrating the final scene scene of "La Boheme" (1900). Source: Luce Abeles, ed. "Le vie de Boheme" (Paris, 1986).

 

Octave Tassaert, "Coin d'atelier" (1845). Source: Luce Abeles, ed. "Le vie de Boheme" (Paris, 1986).

 

 

Henry Murger in 1854. Source: Luce Abeles, ed. "Le vie de Boheme" (Paris, 1986).

 

 

Postcard illustrating the end of act III (1900). The music is a quote witty exchange of insults between Musetta and Marcello. Source: Luce Abeles, ed. "Le vie de Boheme" (Paris, 1986).

 

Caricature of Parisian artists (1845-46). Source: Luce Abeles, ed. "Le vie de Boheme" (Paris, 1986).

 

Puccini and Toscanini

 

 

Puccini, Illica, and Giacosa