My Bachtrack review of La Boheme at the Met, second night of the season

I adore La Bohème.  I am a big, weepy mess nearly every time I see it.  From "Si, mi chiamano Mimì" to Rodolfo's anguished cries of "Mimì!", I go through tissue after tissue.  Since I was the age of these Bohemians, they have been my friends. The more I see and hear La Bohème, the more amazed I am at the music of Puccini.....   (see the rest)

Act II bow, from a previous season
Photo: The Metropolitan Opera