Lot 48 , La Bohème: A rail with a mustard velvet bodice and skirt, rust coloured embroidered bodices and skirts, coats and
La Bohème: A rail with a mustard velvet bodice and skirt, rust coloured embroidered bodices and skirts, coats and jackets, etc. Approx. 29 items.
Estimate £200-400
La Bohème composed by Puccini, first performed 1896. The Plot: Set in the seedy garrets of Montmartre, a poet Rodolfo falls for a poor seamstress Mimi. Such are the privations of their life, her health deteriorates and she has to move on to richer lovers. Suddenly she returns to him, but it is to die in his arms.
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Sold for £160