Around the same time, Leoncavallo & this man both wrote operas based on the novel "Scenes de la vie de boheme"
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Boheme is based on a novel by Henry Murger, Scenes de la vie de Boheme, and 
a ... a fact that he revealed when Leoncavallo, who had chosen the same subject, 
... the seamstress Mimi, both living in poverty, but separated through Rodolfo's... [DOC] [TLE] Michael Pink's 10 13: Michael Pink's 10 ... - Milwaukee Ballet [PAR] it might be a different time and place, but the life of a Bohemian ...