La Bohème

Christmas Eve in a freezing garret above the rooftops of the Latin Quarter. Four penniless friends, the poet Rodolfo, the painter Marcello, the philosopher Colline and the musician Schaunard, burn a manuscript to keep warm. Left behind, Rodolfo answers a knock from his neighbour Mimì, a seamstress whose candle has gone out, and the two fall in love before joining the crowds outside the Café Momus, where Marcello's old flame Musetta is set on winning him back.