You never fully understand what someone is going through unless you've lived it yourself. What makes Puccini's opera La bohème so powerful is that so many of its creators went through the same hardships that the characters of the opera went through. Theme music is by Daryl Banner Sign up for Amazon Music Unlimited! | Alexandrian Media Store Music used in this episode: "Quando m'en vo'" (orchestral version) from La bohème by Giacomo Puccini Caught in the Waves by Trevor Kowalski Divine by Amaranth Cove For Those Who Know by Gavin Luke Lion's Drift by Trevor Kowalski Night Sky Alive by Trevor Kowalski Look Down When You're Ready by Trevor Kowalski Sources used in this episode: Mary Jane Phillips-Matz, Puccini: A Biography (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2002). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thecomposerchronicles/message