Editing La bohème (section)

===20th and 21st centuries===
''La bohème'' continued to gain international popularity throughout the early 20th century and the Opéra-Comique alone had already presented the opera one hundred times by 1903. The Belgian premiere took place at [[La Monnaie]] on 25 October 1900 using Ferrier's French translation with Marie Thiérry as Mimì, [[Léon David]] as Rodolfo, Eugène-Charles Badiali as Marcello, sets by Pierre Devis, Armand Lynen, and Albert Dubosq, and Philippe Flon conducting. The [[Metropolitan Opera]] staged the work for the first time on 26 December 1900 with [[Nellie Melba]] as Mimì, Annita Occhiolini-Rizzini as Musetta, [[Albert Saléza]] as Rodolfo, [[Giuseppe Campanari]] as Marcello, and [[Luigi Mancinelli]] conducting.<ref name="Amadeus" /> ''La bohème'' was the last opera performed at New York's Metropolitan Opera's [[Metropolitan Opera House (39th Street)|original 1883 building]] on 16 April 1966, conducted by [[George Schick]].<ref>[http://www.operatoday.com/content/2012/02/an_aria_of_linc.php "An Aria of Lincoln Center – The Metropolitan Opera"] by Veronica Shine, ''Opera Today'', 3 February 2012; [http://69.18.170.204/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/gisrch31.r?Term=1966&limit=500&xBranch=ALL&xmtype=&xsdate=&xedate=&theterm=1966&xhome=&xhomepath=&x=0 Met performances 1966] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316024549/http://69.18.170.204/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/gisrch31.r?Term=1966&limit=500&xBranch=ALL&xmtype=&xsdate=&xedate=&theterm=1966&xhome=&xhomepath=&x=0 |date=16 March 2022 }}</ref>

The opera was first performed in Brazil at the [[Theatro da Paz]] in Belém on 21 April 1900 with the Brazilian soprano Tilde Maragliano as Mimì, Maria Cavallini as Musetta, Giuseppe Agostini as Rodolfo and Alessandro Modesti as Marcello. The conductor was Giorgio Polacco.<ref>Páscoa, Márcio: Cronologia Lírica de Belém, p. 145</ref>

The following year ''La bohème'' was presented at the [[Amazon Theatre|Teatro Amazonas]] in [[Manaus]], Brazil, on 2 July 1901 with Elvira Miotti as Mimì, Mabel Nelma as Musetta, Michele Sigaldi as Rodolfo, and Enrico De Franceschi as Marcello. Other premieres soon followed:
* Melbourne: 13 July 1901 ([[Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne|Her Majesty's Theatre]]; first performance in Australia){{sfn|Irvin|1985|p={{page needed|date=August 2018}}}}
* Monaco: 1 February 1902, [[Opéra de Monte-Carlo]] in Monte Carlo with Nellie Melba as Mimì, [[Enrico Caruso]] as Rodolfo, [[Alexis Boyer]] as Marcello, and Léon Jehin conducting.<ref name="Amadeus" />
* [[Prato]]: 25 December 1902, Regio Teatro Metastasio with Ulderica Persichini as Mimì, Norma Sella as Musetta, Ariodante Quarti as Rodolfo, and Amleto Pollastri as Marcello.<ref name="Amadeus" />
* [[Catania]]: 9 July 1903, Politeama Pacini with Isabella Costa Orbellini as Mimì, Lina Gismondi as Musetta, Elvino Ventura as Rodolfo, and Alfredo Costa as Marcello.<ref name="Amadeus" />
* Austria: 25 November 1903, [[Vienna State Opera]] in Vienna with [[Selma Kurz]] as Mimì, [[Marie Gutheil-Schoder]] as Musetta, Fritz Schrödter as Rodolfo, Gerhard Stehmann as Marcello, and [[Gustav Mahler]] conducting.<ref name="Amadeus" />
* Sweden: 19 May 1905, [[Royal Dramatic Theatre]] in Stockholm, presented by the [[Royal Swedish Opera]] with [[Maria Labia]] as Mimì.<ref name="Amadeus" />

Puccini died in Brussels on 29 November 1924, and the news of his death reached Rome during a performance of ''La bohème''. The opera was immediately stopped, and the orchestra played [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]]'s [[Piano Sonata No. 2 (Chopin)|''Funeral March'']] for the stunned audience.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2012/11/29/the-death-of-giacomo-puccini-brussels-29-november-1924/ |title=The Death of Giacomo Puccini |publisher=The British Newspaper Archive |date=29 November 2012 |access-date=16 January 2015}}</ref>

The first production of ''La bohème'' at the [[Salzburg Festival]] did not occur until as late as July 2012. However, that festival has not shown much interest in the operas of Puccini, only ever having one production each of ''[[Tosca]]'' and ''[[Turandot]]'' in its entire history.<ref>[http://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/archive_detail/programid/4577 Salzburg Festival]. Retrieved 28 October 2014</ref>