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 1948 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Mimì, an embroideress Licia Albanese Musetta, a grisette Lois Hartzell Rodolfo, a poet Jussi Bjoerling Marcello, a painter Giuseppe Valdengo Schaunard, a musician George Cehanovsky Colline, a philosopher Italo Tajo Benoît, an importunate landlord Salvatore Baccaloni Alcindoro, State Councilor and admirer of Musetta Salvatore Baccaloni Customhouse Sergeant Max Lorenzini Customhouse guard Norman Benson Parpignol Caesar Curzi Boy Jeffrey Holm Show Dates Sun, Oct 31 1948, 2pm 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 Document SFO_PUB_01_TOUR_1948_02_compressed.pdf (10.87 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- St. James Choristers of South Pasadena; Dr. John Henry Lyons, Director