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 Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1945 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Mimì, an embroideress Dorothy Kirsten Musetta, a grisette Nadine Conner Rodolfo, a poet Jussi Bjoerling Marcello, a painter Francesco Valentino Schaunard, a musician George Cehanovsky Colline, a philosopher Lorenzo Alvary Benoît, an importunate landlord Salvatore Baccaloni Alcindoro, State Councilor and admirer of Musetta Salvatore Baccaloni Customhouse Sergeant Evaristo Alibertini Customhouse guard Max Lorenzini Boy Mary Belle Jacobs Show Dates Fri, Nov 9 1945, 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 Pasadena Boys' Choir Trained by Director, Dr. John Henry Lyons