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Giacomo Puccini

“Che gelida manina!” (from La bohème)

Composed 1896

"Che gelida manina" is a tenor aria from the first act of Giacomo Puccini's opera, La bohème. The aria is sung by Rodolfo to Mimì when they first meet. In the aria he tells her of his life as a poet, and ends by asking her to tell him more about her life. It is one of the most recorded arias by tenors.

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