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 1963 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Designer George Jenkins Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Marcello, a painter Julien Haas Rodolfo, a poet Renato Cioni Colline, a philosopher Joshua Hecht Schaunard, a musician Russell Christopher Benoît, a landlord Elfego Esparza Mimì, a seamstress Lee Venora Parpignol, a vendor of toys Roy Glover Musetta, a girl of the Latin Quarter Mary Costa Alcindoro, an admirer of Musetta Peter van der Bilt Customhouse guard Colin Harvey Customs sergeant Winther Andersen Boy Thomas Kohout Show Dates Wed, Nov 20 1963, 8pm Sun, Nov 24 1963, 3pm Time and Place About 1830; the Latin Quarter of Paris Scenes Act I -- An attic studio in Paris Act II -- Square in the Latin Quarter Act III -- A city gate Act IV -- Same as Act I Acknowledgements The production of "La Bohème" was given to the San Francisco Opera Association by the San Francisco Opera Guild in 1958 Notes San Francisco Opera Boys Chorus Madi Bacon, Director