Signed, with a self-caricature: "GPuccini Torre deLago 12.12.90cinque [i.e. 12 December 1895]."
The sketch begins with Colline's "Schaunard, ognuno per diversa via mettiamo insieme due atti di pietà" and ends with the first 5 bars of his "Vecchia zimarra" in piano-vocal score.
Libretto by Illica and Giacosa.
Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919, librettist.
Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906, librettist.