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La Boheme
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
1978
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
November 25 cast rehearsed by
Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter

Cast

Marcello
Colline
Schaunard
Benoît
Parpignol
Boy
Alex Clemens(11/1,13,18,25,26)
Michael Cavette(11/4,7,10,23)
Musetta
Alcindoro
Customhouse Sergeant
Customhouse guard

Show Dates

Broadcast

11/10/1978, live broadcast, KKHI and NPR.

Time and Place

Paris, around 1830

Scenes

Act I -- A garret
Act II -- A square in the Latin quarter
Act III -- A tollgate on the outskirts of Paris
Act IV -- A garret

Media

Acknowledgements

The use of this production of "La Bohème" was made possible by a much appreciated grant from the San Francisco Foundation

Notes

11/10/1978, live broadcast, KKHI and NPR. Intermission interviews: #1  Ileana Cotrubas (guest), #2 Roundtable, Carol Vaness, Pamela South, Barry McCauley, Stephen West and Larry Cooper (guests), #3 Opera as Theater, Jean-Pierre Ponelle, Bill Ball of ACT (guests.)

Production owned by Opéra du Rhin, Strasbourg

San Francisco Boys Chorus
William Ballard, Director
John Aalberg
Sean Barry
Joel Benson
Howard Bentley
Bruce Boettjer
Matthew Brauer
Mark Burford
Michael Burke
Malcolm Calder
Michael Cavette
Anthony Chu
Alex Clemens
James Datri
David Devine
John Dougery
James Dreer
Victor Fernandez
David Flores
Christopher Frey
Matthew Gary
Michael Geronimo
Lionel Godolphin
Jason Gruen
Philip Hommes
Daniel Howard
Nicholas Johnson
David Kersnar
Jonathan Knowell
Benjamin Lewis
Douglas Lynn
Stephen Martin
Eric Marty
Christopher Metcalf
Paul Mohun
Alex Moreno
Gregory Naeger
Edward Nurge
Timothy O'Neill
Jason Parke
Ronald Ponce
Daniel Potasz
Douglas Price
David Roberts
Philip Robertson
Steven Rothblatt
Eric Savant
Jordan Silber
Roger Sinasohn
Val Smalley
Mark Swope
Richard Treadwell
Christopher Tucker
Eric Van Genderen
Perrin Yang

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Preparatory Department Girls Chorus
Elizabeth Appling, Director
Avi Downes
Lara Downes
Shana Downes
Kristin Genis
Angela Harrison
Claudia Heynemann
Sharon Johnson
Nina Kent
Susan Kim
Marion Lee
Gayane Plavdjian
Lara Poligono
Linda Poligono
Keiko Steimetz
Anna Stelmak
Dorothy Stone
Zara Tinkleman
Edith Von Foerster
Jennifer Watts
Rebecca Watts
Mary Angela Whooley
Patricia Whooley
Margaret Wong
Faith Yang


SUPERNUMERARIES
Joan Bacharach
Barbara Clifford
Martha Crawford
Renée DeJarnatt
Megan Fogarty
Christine Gember
Mary Joyce
Nancy Kennelly
Francesca Leo
Cynthis Milina
Edith Modie
Ellen Nelson
Louise Russo
April Sack
Celia Sack
Ellen Sanchez
Elizabeth Schultz
Mary Van Perre

Steve Bauman
Nick Bernardini
Bruce Bigel
Allerton Blake
Steve Caldwell
Thomas Carlisle
Steve Cohen
Rudolph Cook
Robert Corrick
Burton Covel
Don Crawford
Tom Curran
Danny DeJarnatt
Everett Evans, Jr.
Jimmy Exon
Albert Frettoloso
Robert Fuller
Clifford Gold
Tom Grey
Mark Huelsmann
Ken Jakobs
Janusz
Bill Joyce
Julius Karoblis
Terrance Kyle
George T. Lenahan
Rodney McCoy
Robert Montano
Gregory Moreci
James Muth
Steve Polen
Joel Posner
Noble Edward Reynolds
Paul Ricks
Gill Rieben
James Sagerson
Robert Schmidt
Michael Scoffield
Thomas Simrock
Kent Speirs
Jon Spieler
George Tyree
Richard Weil