# La Boheme, SC 67: Act III, Duet: O buon Marcello: Serious Opera, Orchestra Accompaniment, Conductor Score

- **Brand:** Alfred Music
- **Price:** $15.00
- **Catalog:** alfred
- **Retailer:** alfred
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- **GTIN:** 604634241237
- **Availability:** In stock

## Summary

Conductor score for the Act III Duet 'O buon Marcello' from Giacomo Puccini's opera La Bohème, featuring arrangements for soprano and baritone duet with orchestra.

## Description

LA BOHÈME (THE BOHEMIAN), one of the most beloved and commercially-successful operas, is based on the 1851 novel "Scenes of Bohemian Life" by Henri Murger. With a libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) worked on it from 1893 to 1895. It first appeared at the Teatro Regio in Turin on February 1, 1896, conducted by 28-year-old Arturo Toscanini. Weighed negatively against Turin's recent Italian premiere of the Wagner opera GOTTERDAMMERUNG, it received a lukewarm response from audience and critics. A few months later, concertgoers filled opera houses on both sides of the Atlantic to hear it. The Act III duet "O buon Marcello" unfolds on a bitter winter morning at the Barrière d'Enfer, where Mimì seeks out the painter Marcello, hoping to find comfort and advice regarding her troubled relationship with Rodolfo. In an intimate and deeply moving conversation, she confides that Rodolfo's sudden coldness and jealousy have left her heartbroken and confused, fearing that their love can no longer survive. Marcello listens sympathetically, offering reassurance while gently probing the causes of the lovers' estrangement, creating one of the opera's most touching portrayals of friendship and compassion. Puccini's music perfectly captures the quiet intimacy of the exchange, balancing conversational realism with expansive lyricism and foreshadowing the emotional revelations that soon follow. Today, "O buon Marcello" is admired as one of the most affecting ensemble scenes in La Bohème, demonstrating Puccini's extraordinary ability to portray human relationships with warmth, sincerity, and psychological depth, while the opera itself remains among the most frequently performed works in the international repertory. Instrumentation: 2+1(Picc).2+1(EH).2+1(BCl).2: 4.3.3.0: Timp: Hp: Str (4.4.3.3.3 in set): Solo Sop. and Bar. Reprint edition.

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## Additional Attributes

- **handle:** la-boheme-sc-67-act-iii-duet-o-buon-marcello-36-a892901
- **barcode:** 604634241237
- **created at:** 2026-08-20T07:02:43-07:00
- **updated at:** 2026-08-20T23:09:53-07:00
- **variant sku:** 36-A892901
- **weight unit:** lb
- **product type:** Shipped
- **published at:** 2026-08-20T07:03:05-07:00
- **published scope:** global
- **requires shipping:** true
- **inventory management:** shopify

## Enrichment

- **Type:** sheet music
- **Type Synonyms:** musical score, conductor score
- **Tags:** printed music, opera score, orchestral accompaniment
- **Styles:** classical
- **Category Path:** Media > Sheet Music
- **Music genre:** Opera
- **Canonical Brand:** Alfred Music

## Images

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