“Water Lilies” Panoramic Puzzle (1000 PIECES)
Price: $25.00 / $22.50 Members: $20.25
In-Stock
Item: 10075847
Description
“Water Lilies” Panoramic Puzzle (1000 PIECES)
This 1000-piece puzzle is made from recycled board and printed with vegetable based ink, and the superior quality will delight and educate at the same time.
Claude Monet (1840-1926) was a founder of French impressionist painting and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement’s philosophy of expressing one’s perceptions before nature. He painted during the period when La Bohème was composed. Throughout history, great art and music like that heard at the Met have come together to create enriching cultural experiences.
- 1000 pieces
- Complete puzzle: 39” W x 13” H
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.
Write the first review
No reviews have been written for this product.
Be the first one! –
Write a Review
