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La Boheme

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Opera in four acts Music by Puccini
Libretto by GIOVANNI GIACOSA and LUIGI ILLICA (sung in Italian) conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham (gramophone records)
Through its music and Its pathos, this story of Bohemian lovers and their life of poverty has become one of the most successful operas ever written.
RCA VICTOR CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA COLUMBUS BOYS' CHOIR
The scene is set in Paris around 1830.
Act 1 An attic In the Latin Quarter of Paris
Act 2 Outside the Café Momus
10.35' Looking for Rudolf and Mimi: talk by LESLIE GARDINER
10.50* La Boheme
Act 3 One of the city gates of Paris
Act 4 The attic in the Latin-Quarter
(Sir Thomas Beecham conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra: tomorrow, 11.0 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Giovanni Giacosa
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Talk By:
Leslie Gardiner
Unknown:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Source: Radio Times

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