If you love opera, you know it, maybe by heart. If you don’t, you still know something about it. And if you’re a Broadway fan, you’re familiar with its rock opera equivalent, Rent. Giacomo Puccini’s enduring masterpiece has won over generation after generation since 1896 thanks to librettists Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa’s inspired (and liberty-taking) adaptation of Henri Murger’s novel, Scènes de la Vie de Bohème. Singing in Italian (with English subtitles), a cast of seven will present the story of Parisian free-spirits Rodolfo and Mimi and their romance compromised — though not weakened — by poverty, envy, and illness. Surely there’s an update in the works involving private health insurance carriers and late-stage capitalism, but expect Opera Las Vegas’ interpretation to hew closely to the traditional presentation.