La Boheme
Composer
Librettists
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
1953
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Cast
Mimì, an embroideress
Musetta, a grisette
Rodolfo, a poet
Marcello, a painter
Schaunard, a musician
Colline, a philosopher
Benoît, an importunate landlord
Alcindoro, State Councilor and admirer of Musetta
Customhouse Sergeant
Customhouse guard
Parpignol
Show Dates
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
The Company General Director Gaetano Merola died on August 20th, while conducting
Butterfly's "Un bel dì" in San Francisco's Stern Grove. The entire 1953 season
was labeled "Gaetano Merola, 1879-1953 -- In Memoriam."
The curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but those.