La Bohème at Hawaii Opera Theatre

Marcello, a painter, complains to Rodolfo of the bone-chilling cold. Struck with a brilliant idea, Rodolfo sacrifi ces the pages of his latest play to warm the freezing men. Colline, a philosopher, returns to the apartment, dejected that he is unable to pawn any of his books and joins the men at the fi re. The musician Schaunard bursts joyfully in the door with food and money after having had success with a job. He suggests that they dine at the Café Momus. The celebration is interrupted by a knock at the door— their landlord Benoit has come to collect the rent.