La bohème

Sarasota Opera presents poetry, poverty, and passion in 1830s Bohemian Paris.

Puccini's most beloved opera and one of the most performed in the repertoire, La bohème takes us through the streets of the Latin Quarter in 19th century Paris when the poor embroideress Mimì has a fateful chance encounter with the poet Rodolfo. 

Laugh and cry as a group of friends struggle and celebrate through the Bohemian lifestyle and experience the heartbreak of a lover's impending demise.

Music by Giacomo Puccini, Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa