{"product_id":"puccinis-la-bohme-9780190637897","title":"Puccini's La Boh?me","description":"Giacomo Puccini's \u003cem\u003eLa Boh�me\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most frequently performed operas in the world. But how did it come to be so adored? In this book, author Alexandra Wilson traces \u003cem\u003eLa Boh�me\u003c\/em\u003e's rise to fame and demonstrates that its success grew steadily through stage performances, recordings, filmed versions and the endorsements of star singers. More recently, popular songs, film soundtracks and musicals that draw on the opera's music and themes added further to its immense cultural impact. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis cultural history offers a fresh reading of a familiar work. Wilson argues that \u003cem\u003eLa Boh�me\u003c\/em\u003e's approach to realism and its flouting of conventions of the Italian operatic tradition made it strikingly modern for the 1890s. She explores how Puccini and his librettists engaged with gender, urban poverty and nostalgia--themes that grew out of the work's own time and continue to resonate with audiences more than 120 years later. Her analysis of the opera's depiction of Paris reveals that \u003cem\u003eLa Boh�me\u003c\/em\u003e was not only influenced by the romantic mythologies surrounding the city to this day but also helped shape them. Wilson's consideration of how directors have reinvented this opera for a new age completes this fascinating history of \u003cem\u003eLa Boh�me\u003c\/em\u003e, making it essential reading for anyone interested in this opera and the works it inspired.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlexandra Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Music and Cultural History at Oxford Brookes University. Her research focuses on opera and operatic culture from the nineteenth century to the present. Her publications include the award-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Puccini Problem: Opera, Nationalism, and Modernity\u003c\/em\u003e and a monograph on \u003cem\u003eOpera in the Jazz Age: Cultural Politics in 1920s Britain\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2019), and she regularly works with the UK's leading opera companies.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford Univ PR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50860222710034,"sku":"9780190637897","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2918b16b-88c5-4381-b996-909086bd5dcc.jpg?v=1737570828","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/puccinis-la-bohme-9780190637897","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}