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 Location San Francisco, CA Venue Civic Auditorium Season 1927 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Pietro Cimini Chorus Master Giuseppe Papi Stage and technical director Armando Agnini Cast Mimì Florence Macbeth Musetta Katharine Seymour Rodolfo Mario Chamlee Marcello Millo Picco Schaunard Desiré Defrère Colline Ezio Pinza Benoît Lodovico Oliviero Alcindoro Lodovico Oliviero Sergeant Evaristo Alibertini Customs Officer Paul Wright Boy Martha Hipp Show Dates Fri, Sep 30 1927, 8:15pm Time and Place Paris Scenes Act I -- In the Attic Act II -- In the Latin Quarter Act III -- A City Gate in Paris Act IV -- Same as Act I