La Boheme Composer Giacomo Puccini Librettists Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Based On "Scènes de la vie de bohème" by Henri Mürger Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Bakersfield, CA Venue Bakersfield College and High School Auditorium Season 1948 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Mimì, an embroideress Bidú Sayão Musetta, a grisette Lois Hartzell Rodolfo, a poet Jan Peerce Marcello, a painter Tito Gobbi Schaunard, a musician George Cehanovsky Colline, a philosopher Italo Tajo Benoît, an importunate landlord Walter Olitzki Alcindoro, State Councilor and admirer of Musetta Walter Olitzki Customhouse Sergeant Max Lorenzini Customhouse guard Norman Benson Parpignol Caesar Curzi Boy Jeffrey Holm Show Dates Mon, Oct 18 1948, 8pm Time and Place About 1830; Paris Scenes Act I -- Garret of the bohemians Act II -- Terrace of the Café Momus Act III -- A City Gate of Paris Act IV -- Same as Act I Notes Presented by The Kern County Musical Association, Inc. San Francisco Opera Company Boys Chorus Madi Bacon, Director