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 1965 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Piero Bellugi Stage Director(s) Lotfi Mansouri Designer George Jenkins Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Rodolfo, a poet Sandor Konya Renato Cioni(9/29) Marcello, a painter Raymond Wolansky Colline, a philosopher Joshua Hecht Schaunard, a musician Richard Fredricks Benoit, their landlord Andrew Foldi Mimì, a seamstress Renata Tebaldi Parpignol, a vendor of toys James Eitze Boy Robert Denebeim Musetta, a coquette Jolanda Meneguzzer(9/19) Marie Collier(9/23, 29) Alcindoro, her admirer Howard Fried Customhouse Sergeant Winther Andersen Customhouse guard Colin Harvey Show Dates Sun, Sep 19 1965, 2pm Thu, Sep 23 1965, 8pm Wed, Sep 29 1965, 8pm Time and Place Paris; about 1830 Scenes Act I -- Garret of the bohemians Act II -- A square in the Latin Quarter Act III -- A city gate Act IV -- Barret of the bohemians Media Image La Bohème, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Joshua Hecht (Colline), Sandor Konya (Rodolfo), Raymond Wolansky (Marcello), Andrew Foldi (Benoit), Richard Fredericks (Schaunard) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image La Bohème, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Marie Collier (Musetta), Howard Fried (Alcindoro) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image La Bohème, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Renata Tebaldi (Mimi) Credit Unknown Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1965_06_compressed.pdf (10.93 MB) Acknowledgements The production of "La Bohème" was donated to the San Francisco Opera Association by the San Francisco Opera Guild in 1958 Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- San Francisco Boys Chorus Madi Bacon, Director
Image La Bohème, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Joshua Hecht (Colline), Sandor Konya (Rodolfo), Raymond Wolansky (Marcello), Andrew Foldi (Benoit), Richard Fredericks (Schaunard) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image La Bohème, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Marie Collier (Musetta), Howard Fried (Alcindoro) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image La Bohème, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Renata Tebaldi (Mimi) Credit Unknown