Lyric Opera 2024-2025 Issue 7 - La bohème

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 24 True Colors: Women and la vie bohème A selection of 19th-century works from the collection of the Art Institute illuminates Puccini’s conception of bohemian life — and reveals the unsung contexts of the lives of Mimì and Musetta. by Gloria Groom In the Wings by Jean-Louis Forain,1889 Images courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago