La bohème was composed by Giacomo Puccini , with the Italian libretto written by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.

Who wrote La bohème?

  • The composer of La bohème is Giacomo Puccini, who wrote the music between about 1893 and 1896.
  • The libretto (the text and lyrics) was written by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, Puccini’s regular collaborators on other famous operas like Tosca and Madama Butterfly.

A little extra context

  • La bohème is an opera in four acts, based on the French book Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger, which portrays the lives of struggling young artists in Paris around 1830.
  • It premiered in Turin at the Teatro Regio on 1 February 1896 and has since become one of the most frequently performed operas in the world.

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