La bohème (Leoncavallo)

• Marcello, a painter (Tenor)
• Rodolfo, a poet (baritone )
• Schaunard, a musician (baritone )
• Colline, a philosopher (baritone )
• Barbemuche, writer and teacher of Count Paolo ( bass)
• Gaudenzio, owner of the Café Momus (Tenor)
• Durand, a porter (Tenor)
• A gentleman from the first floor (Tenor)
• A loafer from the road (Tenor)
• Mimi, a Blumensteckerin (soprano )
• Musetta, a seamstress (mezzo- soprano)
• Euphemia, an ironer (mezzo- soprano)
• Students, girls, tenants, servants, coachmen, maids, cooks, waiters in the cafés, kitchen boy, porters (chorus )

La Bohème is an opera in four acts by Ruggero Leoncavallo, who also wrote the libretto. The plot is based exactly how Puccini's opera of the same on the novel Les scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger. The world premiere of Leoncavallo's La Bohème in 1897, a year later than Puccini's La Bohème, whose success never reached Leoncavallo's work.

Action

Act I

Café Momus

The innkeeper Gaudenzio wants Boheme throw that play pranks and never pay their bill. During the meal, Musetta sings the canzonetta " Mimi Pinson la biondinetta " ( Mimi Pinson, the blonde girl ). When the bill for the food comes, the Boheme can not pay back. A fight breaks out, which is terminated by Barbemuche, which takes over the mine.

Second Act

The court of Musetta's house

Musetta has been abandoned by her lover, who does not want more pay for their debts. Therefore, their furniture has been seized and are now being worn in the yard. Musetta expected guests, but they can now receive for lack of equipment only in the yard. Here the Boheme loud parties and thus wake the neighbors up. A fight between the two groups. Mimi can be lead away by Count Paolo.

Act Three

Marcello's garret

Musetta can no longer endure hunger and poverty to that of the starving Marcello page and decides to leave him. Mimi comes back, however, from longing to Rodolfo. Musetta assailed Mimi, to go along with her, but Mimi refuses. Angry Marcello and Rodolfo throw both women out of the apartment.

Act Four

Marcello's garret, in winter

Mimi returns terminally ill back to Rodolfo. Musetta that comes along by chance, are forth her ​​jewelry to buy coal for the furnace. The Christmas bells ring; Mimi dies.