00:00 The scene begins with Rodolfo sitting at the table attempting to write. Flute melody.
00:13 Recitative is very speechlike.
00:24 A theme associated with Mimi is played softly in the orchestra. Mimi enters.
01:12 Oboe, Mimi faints, she drops the key.
01:19 Staccato, muted strings. Mimi looks ill and Rodolfo offers some wine to warm her. Recitative continues.
02:20 The vocal lines become more tuneful and the tempo increases.
02:47 The draft from the door blows out Rodolfo's candle and the room becomes dark. They begin hunting for Mimi's key.
03:05 The vocal line becomes fully melodic doubled by the strings (a favorite sound of Puccini).
04:08 Rodolfo's aria begins with a single note. 
04:34 Harp and soft strings provide the only accompaniment. 
05:17 Melodic climax supported by full orchestra. He tells her he is poet and he lives in his happy poverty.
05:31 Texture thins.
05:40 Text becomes more declamatory.
05:58 Orchestra and voice build into the love theme.
06:43 The most passionate melodic line of the aria swells with full string accompaniment with harp. 
07:34 The strings play the love theme while Rodolfo sings above. 
07:44 The melodic climax of the aria. A famous high "C" for tenors to sing.
08:34 Final cadence. 
08:55 End
