…based on the episodic novel Scènes de la vie de bohème (1847–49; “Scenes of Bohemian Life”) by French writer Henri Murger. A success from the beginning, it is one of the most frequently performed of all operas.

…the stories under the title Scènes de la vie de Bohème (“Scenes of Bohemian Life”). Murger collaborated with playwright Théodore Barrière to turn his stories into a play, the success of which thrust Murger into fame. His stories were popular with the public for their romantic idealizations of the bohemian…

…reflected in his best-known work, Scènes de la vie de bohème (“Scenes of Bohemian Life”), in which he himself figures as Rodolfe. Published in separate episodes (1847–49), its success enabled Murger to live and write in greater comfort. The work is the basis of Giacomo Puccini’s opera La Bohème.

…de Musset and Henri Murger’s Scènes de la vie de bohème (“Scenes of Bohemian Life”), the story on which Giacomo Puccini’s opera La Bohème is based.