Staged at London's Covent Garden, this famous 1982 performance of "La Boheme" stars Romanian soprano Ileana Cortrubas and American tenor Neil Shicoff as tragic lovers Mimi and Rodolfo. Set in Paris's Latin Quarter, Puccini's most popular opera etches the poignant story of a group of impoverished bohemian students who struggle to keep up a demeanor of frantic cheerfulness while trying to stave off the despair and pain threatening their lives.