"La Bohème" Mint Box
Price: $7.00 Members: $6.30
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Description
La Bohème Mint Box
This little sliding box is adorned with an art print reproduction of Riccordi’s magnificent turn-of-the-century poster design for La Bohème, and then hand poured with a thick resin coating for a smooth shine. The box contains sugar-free, gluten-free Mighty Little Peppermints, and can be refilled or reused once the mints are all gone.
An ideal gift for lovers of great music like that heard year-round at the Metropolitan Opera.
- Black & multicolor box
- Plastic
- Box: 2” x 3”
- Made in USA
History
La Bohème
One of the most popular operas of all time, Giacomo Puccini’s timeless masterpiece, La Bohème made its world première on February 1,1896, at the Teatro Regio in Turin, where it was conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
Set in Paris, in the 1830s, the near-destitute artist Marcello and poet Rodolfo try to keep warm on Christmas Eve in their Latin Quarter garret by feeding the stove with pages from Rodolfo’s latest drama. When Mimì, their neighbor, knocks on the door asking to borrow a candle she and Rodolfo
meet. Thus begins a fateful relationship as the two struggle to sustain their love against the challenges of poverty, jealousy and physical decline.
The Metropolitan Opera staged La Bohème for the first time on December 26,1900, with Luigi Mancinelli conducting. Since then it has been performed at the Met over a thousand times. Its 2018/2019 season production was hailed by the New York Times as “A thrilling La Bohème … radiating warmth … luxury cast”.
Puccini died in Brussels on November 29, 1924. The news of his death reached Rome during a performance of La Bohème. The opera was immediately stopped and the orchestra played Chopin’s Funeral March for the stunned audience.
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