Puccini's opera, performed by the Sadler's Wells Opera Company, Conductor, Herbert Menges. Produced by Tyrone Guthrie. From the Hippodrome Theatre, Wigan. Sadler's Wells Chorus assisted by members of the Bolton Operatic Chorus.
Scene: Paris, 1830. Act 1: A garret, home of the four friends
2.50 app. "Puccini as Musical Dramatist": talk by Mosco Corner
3.3 app. Act 2: Outside the Cafe Morous, the same evening
3.22 app. "An Impression of Murger and the Bohemians" by Edward Sackville-West
3.32 app. Act 3: Outside a customs-house and tavern at the gates of Paris
3.55 app. Behind the Scenes: "'La Boheme' from the singer's point of view": talk by Cedric Wallis
4.5 app. Act 4: Same as Act 1, months later.