La Bohème is an opera in four acts, composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger. The story is set in Paris around 1830, and shows the Bohemian lifestyle of a poor seamstress and her artist friends. Superstar tenor Richard Margison with collaborating pianist Michael Shannon will bring together this well-loved opera to be performed by carefully selected young artists.