Patrick Bade
La Bohème
Summary
“La bohème” is an opera in four acts composed by Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924). Since its world premiere in 1896, “La bohème” has become part of the standard Italian opera repertory and is one of the most frequently performed operas worldwide. Patrick Bade gives us the history of the opera and shares some of the opera’s musical highlights.
Patrick Bade
Patrick Bade is a historian, writer, and broadcaster. He studied at UCL and the Courtauld Institute of Art. He was a senior lecturer at Christie’s Education for many years and has worked for the Art Fund, Royal Opera House, National Gallery, and V&A. He has published on 19th- and early 20th-century paintings and historical vocal recordings. His latest book is Music Wars: 1937–1945.
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I don’t know. I mean I think it very much depends on the child. You know, there are children who really at a very early age, five or six could go. Don’t take them to see “Parsifal”, don’t take them to see Wagner. “Madame Butterfly”. Well, 15, yeah, probably 15. I wouldn’t take a child of less than 15 to see “Butterfly”. I’m not sure that they would really get a lot of what is, perhaps they would these days.