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 1952 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Glauco Curiel Stage Director(s) Carlo Piccinato Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Mimì, an embroideress Herva Nelli Musetta, a grisette Nelda Scarsella Rodolfo, a poet Walter Fredericks Marcello, a painter Giuseppe Valdengo Schaunard, a musician George Cehanovsky Colline, a philosopher Nicola Moscona Benoît, an importunate landlord Salvatore Baccaloni Alcindoro, State Councilor and admirer of Musetta Salvatore Baccaloni Customhouse Sergeant Max Lorenzini Customhouse guard Colin Harvey Parpignol Caesar Curzi Boy Michael Kersnar Show Dates Wed, Oct 29 1952, 2pm Time and Place About 1930; Paris Scenes Act I -- Garret of the bohemians Act II -- Terrace of the Cafe Momus Act III -- A City Gate of Paris Act IV -- Same as Act I Notes Boys selected from the San Francisco Boys Chorus The curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but those.