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La Bohème for Families

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Based On

Scenes de la vie de boheme by Henri Murger

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
2014-2015
Language
Italian
Commission

Narration script by Kip Cranna

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Director
Production Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Supertitles
Stage Manager(s)
Costume Supervisor
Wig and Makeup Designer

Cast

Marcello
Rodolfo
Colline
Schaunard
Benoît
Mimì
Prune Vendor
Parpignol
Musetta
Alcindoro
Customhouse Sergeant
Customhouse Officer

Show Dates

Time and Place

Mid-nineteenth century Paris

Scenes

ACT I: A garret
ACT II: The Latin Quarter
INTERMISSION
ACT III: A city gate, the Barriere d'Enfer
ACT IV: The garret

Media

Sponsors

Company Sponsors John A. & Cynthia Fry Gunn are proud to support this production.

This production is made possible, in part, by the Burgess & Elizabeth Jamieson Fund and San Francisco Opera Guild.

Additional support for this production provided by Affiliate Sponsors Tobias & Liliana Kunze Briseno.

Legacy Commission

Sung in Italian with English supertitles

Notes

Narration script by Kip Cranna.

Co-production with Houston Grand Opera and Canadian Opera Company.

Members from the San Francisco Boys Chorus and San Francisco Girls Chorus in this production are led by Lisa Bielwa, SFGC Artistic Director; Valerie Sainte-Agathe, SFGC Music Director and Principal Conductor and Ian Robertson, SFBC Artistic Director and Margaret Nomura Clark, SFBC Associate Artistic Director.

SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS
Rohini Govier
Allegra Kelly
Calla Kra-Caskey
Nicole Lyons
Gabby Vulakh

SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS
Brendan Bacon
Adam Boegel
Ethan Chen
Justin Chen
Mason Goldberg
Ryan Huckleberry
Aidan Hyde
Caden Nemoff
Daniel Ostrom
Elija Priwer
Yukio Rahdert
Alexander Roswall
Safi Rouhi
Evan Tiapula
Karell Washington

Students, townspeople, shopkeepers, street vendors, soldiers, waiters, children

SUPERNUMERARIES
James Crow
Steve Lavezzoli
Carlos Suarez
Rob Wonder
Paul Zemlin