

The bohemians decide to celebrate in their local cafe. He has played music to a wealthy English man’s parrot and has earned some money. Schaunard arrives and brings in good news. It is Christmas eve and men’s money have run out. Young bohemian friends RODOLFO the poet, MARCELLO the painter, SCHAUNARD the musician and COLLINE, the philosopher, share a modest studio flat in the attic. The events take place in Paris, before 1st world war, in theatre time.

SYNOPSIS MEANS THE SHORT VERSION OF STORY We are going to look at Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème opera to find out, what kind of musical structures are used to create an opera. In theatre, spoken text is at times enhanced with musical material. In musicals, the spoken text and songs tend to alternate. It means the whole story is told by music from the beginning to an end.
