Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica based on scenes from Henri Murger 's
Scènes de la Vie deBoheme'
Music by Puccini on gramophone records
Cast in order of singing:
N.B.C. Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
CONDUCTED BY ARTURO TOSCANINI
Scene: Paris, about 1830
Act 1
A garret: Christmas Eve
Act 2
The someday: a square in the Latin Quarter