![]() ![]() Rather than tuberculosis-a key element in Puccini’s opera-we are living in the time of the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. Today, bohème hits close to home for a new reason. This opera occupies an uncanny position in the repertoire: while fitting within the norms of its time, the work also broke new ground. Whether set in the 1830s Parisian Latin Quarter, the recent past, or in the present, Giacomo Puccini’s La bohème (1896) never stops teaching us about what it means to grow up. ![]() An important lesson my students teach me is that times have changed: No matter how much I think I understand (or remember) from my own path in life, I am constantly bumping into how the transition from student to professional is very different than when I graduated. In this post, I write from my own perspective-a college professor-who teaches students the same age as the young artists from La bohème. ![]()
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