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 War Memorial Opera House Season 1958 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Jean Fournet Stage Director(s) Enrico Frigerio Stage setting and lighting by George Jenkins Chorus Director Gianni Lazzari Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Mimì, an embroideress Lisa della Casa Rodolfo, a poet Gianni Raimondi(9/19, 27) Jussi Bjoerling(10/2) Marcello, a painter Rolando Panerai Schaunard, a musician John Gillaspy Colline, a philosopher Lorenzo Alvary(9/19, 27) Giorgio Tozzi(10/2) Musetta, a grisette Eugenia Ratti Benoît, a landlord Richard Wentworth Alcindoro Virginio Assandri Parpignol Robert Thomas Boy Jonathan Fromer Customhouse Sergeant Max Lorenzini Customhouse guard Colin Harvey Show Dates Fri, Sep 19 1958, 8:30pm Sat, Sep 27 1958, 8:30pm Thu, Oct 2 1958, 8:30pm Time and Place About 1830; Paris Scenes Act I -- Garret of the bohemians Act II -- A Square in Montmartre INTERMISSION Act III -- A City gate Act IV -- Same as Act I Media Image La Bohème, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1958. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Act II, Stage Set Credit Bill Cogan Image La Bohème, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1958. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Act III, Stage Set Credit Bill Cogan Image La Bohème, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1958. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Act III, Stage Set Credit Bill Cogan Image La Bohème, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1958. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Act IV, Stage Set Credit Bill Cogan Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1958_03_compressed.pdf (9.33 MB) Acknowledgements In Observance of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Giacomo Puccini Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- New Production The settings for the new production of "La Bohème" were given to the San Francisco Opera Association by the San Francisco Opera Guild San Francisco Opera Boys Chorus
Image La Bohème, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1958. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Act II, Stage Set Credit Bill Cogan
Image La Bohème, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1958. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Act III, Stage Set Credit Bill Cogan
Image La Bohème, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1958. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Act III, Stage Set Credit Bill Cogan
Image La Bohème, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1958. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Act IV, Stage Set Credit Bill Cogan