Giacomo Puccini were Puccini's contemporaries, drew express parallels between these incidents and particular events in the opera. Checchi cited a diary kept by Puccini while he was still a student, which recorded an occasion in which, as in Act 4 of the opera, a single herring served as a dinner for four people. Puccini himself commented: "I lived that "Bohème", when there wasn't yet any thought stirring in my brain of seeking the theme of an opera". ("") Puccini's composition of "La bohème" was the subject of a public dispute between Puccini and fellow composer Ruggiero Leoncavallo. In early 1893, the two
Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera a judge ruling him innocent, setting him free, and ordering the wall to be taken down. In "Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera", composer Julien Bilodeau shapes and builds upon the original music of Pink Floyd's album "The Wall". While the album's lyrics, songs, and song order are maintained, Pink Floyd's original musical themes are extended by orchestral variations and interludes within the opera. According to Cincinnati Opera's artistic director Evans Mirageas, "Another Brick in the Wall" is not a rock opera, but rather a standard opera, scored for eight soloists, 48 chorus members, and a 70-piece orchestra. The