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 Seattle, WA Venue Seattle Civic Auditorium Season 1946 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Pietro Cimara Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Mimì, an embroideress Dorothy Kirsten Musetta, a grisette Maria Sa Earp 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 Max Lorenzini Customhouse guard Edwin Vannucci Boy Esther Hessling Show Dates Sun, Sep 15 1946, 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 Notes Children's Chorus directed by Gustave Stern