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 Pasadena, CA Venue Pasadena Civic Auditorium Season 1944 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 Virginia MacWatters Rodolfo, a poet Charles Kullman Marcello, a painter Francesco Valentino Schaunard, a musician George Cehanovsky Colline, a philosopher Ezio Pinza 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 Tue, Oct 31 1944, 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 The curtain time is a guess; touring records include evering but the starting times.