The now legendary Puccini opera about the Parisian art world did not at first look like it would be a success. Booed by the audience at its premier, it eventually earned the people’s love to become one of the most popular operas of all time. The libretto for the opera was inspired by the French author Henri Murger’s novel “Scenes from the life of a Bohème” (Scènes de la vie de bohème), where Murger describes the lives of students and artists living in the Latin quarter of Paris in the mid 1800’s. Conquering opera stages around the world, La Bohème follows a group of young people trying to make it as artists in Paris and revolves around the tragic relationship between Rodolphe and Mimi. The work inspired countless others to write tragic love stories, operas, operettas and theatre dramas, about artists living on the edge. Writers like Leoncavallo, Amadeu Vives, Kálmán, and the creators of the Broadway hit musical Rent, all found inspiration in Puccini’s La Bohème.