Study Guide
Study Guide Contents
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Beginner's Guide to Opera
- Who's Who At the Opera
- The Lyric Opera House
- BOC Education Programs
- A Bibliography of Selected Readings
- Education Resources
2007-2008 SEASON
2006-2007 SEASON
2005-2006 SEASON
2004-2005 SEASON
2003-2004 SEASON
2002-2003 SEASON
PREVIOUS OPERAS
La Bohème
The Bohemians
The Operas of Puccini
Le villi (1884, Milan)
Edgar (1889, Milan)
Manon Lescaut (1892, Turin)
La Bohème (1896, Turin)
Tosca (1900, Rome)
Madama Butterfly (1904, Milan)
La Fanciulla del West (1910, New York)
La rondine (1917, Monte Carlo)
Il trittico ( Il tabarro , Suor Angelica , Gianni Schicchi ) (1918, New York)
Turandot (1926, Milan)
- The Opera at a Glance
- About the Composer – Giacomo Puccini
- About the Librettists – Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
- The Story
- Origins of the Characters in Puccini’s La Bohème
- Perspectives on an Aria: "Donde lieta"
- Perspectives on the Role of Rodolfo
- What is Tuberculosis?
- The Operas of Puccini
- Discography/Videography