Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème is one of the most popular and most often performed operas in the world (after Traviata and Carmen). Despite is mass popularity (or perhaps, precisely because of it) the famous operatic piece has also accumulated its own list of haters since it first premiered in 1896. A British composer criticised the "cheapness and emptiness of the music", claiming to be sickened by the work after four or five rounds of experiencing the work in all its glory. While this number isn't a scientifically established threshold, and, given the title's worldwide success, if it's your first (or second, or even third) time seeing it—we can encourage you to go in good confidence.