In this opera, (*) Colline claims that the apocalypse is at hand because no one is accepting pledges on Christmas Eve before the landlord Benoît arrives in Schaunard and Marcello's Latin Quarter garret to collect rent.
One character in this opera refuses bread jokingly referred to as "tongue of parrot" during a mock "Berlingaccio." Another character in this opera praises a woman in the aria "O Soave Fanciulla." That writer for The Beaver compares love to a fireplace before burning his play and greeting a musician who had played until the death of an Englishman's parrot. In this opera, (*) Colline claims that the apocalypse is at hand because no one is accepting pledges on Christmas Eve before the landlord Benoît arrives in Schaunard and Marcello's Latin Quarter garret to collect rent. For 10 points, name this Giacomo Puccini opera in which the love sparked in "Che gelida manina" between Rodolfo and Mimi is thwarted by tuberculosis.
One character in this opera refuses bread jokingly referred to as "tongue of parrot" during a mock "Berlingaccio."
La Bohème