hen put up against the other composers of the Romantic Period studied in class, Puccini seems the most grounded and realistic. As mentioned previous, his great interest in versimo was key. By creating such real life characters the audience is able to relate more to the actors grabbing their full attention. Other composers of this particular period such as Guiseppi Verdi, one of the most popular of all opera composers, was much different than his fellow composer Puccini. He focused much more on composing for the elite, and wanted his character creations to be obsessed with the idea of passion. Therefore, making most of his early conventional pieces overly dramatic and serious. If Puccini was much more conventional and focused more on the idea of recitative and aria, I don’t think I would have appreciated La Boheme as much. By concerning himself more on the dramatic qualities expressed in the libretto Puccino created something unique and more acceptable.All in all I thoroughly enjoyed Puccini’s La Boheme. After watching this opera I became much more familiar with The New City Opera and the Lincoln Center Opera House. I not only learned much more about opera itself; I also was able to discover a new personal musical liking. I have a found a new love interest in the opera. It is true to say that music has a large emotional effect on one’s self. After exiting the opera I was in a completely different mind set than I was upon entering. Even though I had just sat through a tragic love story, I was smiling. I was smiling because as a result of my reaction to the opera, I realized that music does indeed have a huge effect on our personal life no matter what way you look at it, and this makes me happy....
