Puccini's bittersweet opera of high-spirited bohemians and the doomed love between Rodolfo, the idealistic poet and Mimi, the consumptive flower-maker, is a beautifully balanced series of tableaux depicting the infectious joie de vivre of youth and the tragic waste of disease and separation.

Based on H. Murger's Scènes de la vie de Bohème. Produced live at the Metroploitan Opera on 15 March 1977. Program notes and synopsis in English (12 p. : ports.) inserted in container.