Digested opera: Puccini's La Bohème

Will Rodolfo give up his day job writing rubbish poems or give Mimi the cold shoulder instead? John Crace coughs up a classicAct 1: A garretMarcello: I'm a useless painter, / Taking myself much too seriously.Rodolfo: And I'm a moody writer, / Hoping to be discovered.Marcello: It's tragic no one has recognised / The nature of our genius. / I cannot see for the life of me / Why my painting of the Red Sea / Isn't on sale at WHSmith.Rodolfo: I fear I shall die / Without my Mummy / To tell me how cle...

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