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Libretto: La Bohème
Guiseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
Book Overview:
In 1830s Paris, four struggling Bohemian artists: the poet Rodolfo, the painter Marcello, the musician Schaunard, and the philosopher Colline, live poorly, but happily. On Christmas Eve, to celebrate, the four split the month's rent and decide to go out drinking in the Latin Quarter. Rodolfo stays behind to finish a poem, when their frail neighbor, Mimi, knocks on the door. An equally poor seamstress, she begs him to light her candle. In an instant, his candle goes out as well, and Mimi drops her key in the dark. As they search for it, they fall in love. And thus, a tragic love begins, as tuberculosis threatens to tear Mimi away from person and people she has come to love.
In 1830s Paris, four struggling Bohemian artists: the poet Rodolfo, the painter Marcello, the musician Schaunard, and the philosopher Colline, live poorly, but happily. On Christmas Eve, to celebrate, the four split the month's rent and decide to go out drinking in the Latin Quarter. Rodolfo stays behind to finish a poem, when their frail neighbor, Mimi, knocks on the door. An equally poor seamstress, she begs him to light her candle. In an instant, his candle goes out as well, and Mimi drops her key in the dark. As they search for it, they fall in love. And thus, a tragic love begins, as tuberculosis threatens to tear Mimi away from person and people she has come to love.
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COL. In blazes!
I find it very sparkling.
RUD. Brilliant! (the fire languishes)
COL. Too short its phrases.
RUD. Brevity's deemed a treasure.
COL. (taking the chair from RUDOLPH)
Your chair pray give me, author.
MAR. These foolish entr'actes merely make us shiver. Quickly!
RUD. (taking another portion of the MS.) Here is the next act.
MAR. (to COLLINE) Hush! not a whisper.
(RUDOLPH tears up the MS. and throws it into the fireplace; the flames revive. COLLINE moves his chair nearer and warms his hands. RUDOLPH is standing near the two with the rest of the MS.)
COL. How deep the thought is!
MAR. Color how true!
RUD. In that blue smoke my drama is dying
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Community Reviews
I have loved the music since before I ever got to see the opera on stage. I never had a copy of the words before though. The story behind the opera and Puchinni was interesting. Wonderful!
This book would be unappealing to many.
I adored la boheme! Absolutely adored.
I have also seen this performed on stage and i was gripped from the start. I would highly recommend!
This is spectacularly written and the characters and story flawless. Each persons part brings just as much tension and interest as the next. The main characters
Everyone loves Puccini's La Bohème so much, that's one of the most frequently performed operas today, but I think it's slightly overrated. I know the music is beautiful, the story is a lot more realistic and simpler than usually-over-the-top opera plots, it's very charming, and I like it a lot, too.
I didn't like it that much. dunno why!
I simultaneously read, in Italian and English, and listened to the Puccini opera, La Boheme. It's the story in four acts of young bohemians living in the Latin Quarter of Paris in the 1840's. It centers on the romances of two couples, Mimi and Rodolfo, and Marcello and Musetta, who come together and
Not really a fair review, since this is a translation from a libretto. Read it for a class that I am teaching. Disconnected from the music and the Italian language, this adaptation was pretty rudimentary
أربع اصدقاء فنانين ، فيهم الموسيقي و الشاعر و الرسام .. يعيشون سويا في حجرة واحدة .. يحيون حياة بوهيمية بكل ماتحمله الكلمة من معنى ..
يحتالون للعيش ، و يعيشون فقط لـ(الآن) ..، غير عابئين بما يخبئه لهم الغد ، يبحثون عن الحب و الجمال كحال أي فنان
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