Three
scenes from Act IV of Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème (first shown in 1896)
A
transcript of the recorded scene is below.
Three
scenes from Act IV of Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème (first shown in 1896) |
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A
transcript of the recorded scene is below. |
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The
opening scene of Act IV/Quadro IV: |
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| The garret as in Act One. Marcello and Rodolfo are pretending to work, but are actually gossiping. | ||
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| Marcello (continuing a conversation) | In a brougham? | |
| Rodolfo | With a pair
and livery. She greeted me, laughing. "Well, Musetta! And how's your heart?" I asked. "It isn't beating, or I don't feel it! thanks to the velvet that covers it." |
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| Marcello | I'm really glad to hear it! | |
| Rodolfo (to himself) | Go on with
you, Jesuit! You grin and bear it! |
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| Marcello (he uses large brush strokes) | Not beating?
Good! I too saw.... |
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| Rodolfo | Musetta? | |
| Marcello | Mimì. | |
| Rodolfo (with a jolt) | You saw her? | |
| (regaining his composure) | ||
| Oh, fancy that! | ||
| Marcello | She was in
a carriage, dressed like a queen. |
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| Rodolfo | Hooray! I'm pleased about that! | |
| Marcello (to himself) | The liar, he's dying in love. | |
| Rodolfo | Let's work. | |
| Marcello | Let's work. | |
| (They return to work) | ||
| Rodolfo (throwing his pen down) | Confounded pen. | |
| Marcello (throwing his brush down) | Confounded brush. | |
| (He furtively draws a silk ribbon from his pocket and kisses it) | ||
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