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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
1988-1989
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Supertitles
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Rodolfo
Colline
Schaunard
Benoît
Mimì
Parpignol
Alcindoro
Customhouse Sergeant
Customhouse guard

Show Dates

Time and Place

Late 19th-century Paris

Scenes

Act I -- A garret
Act II -- The Latin Quarter
Act III -- A city gate, the Barrière d'Enfer
Act IV -- A garret

Media

Acknowledgements

This revival of "La Bohème" is made possible by the Bernard Osher Foundation. The production was originally made possible by a gift in memory of George L. Quist.

Supertitles provided by a generous and most appreciated gift from William and Eloise Rollnick.

Notes

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios

Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop

Miss Freni's and chorus costumes designed by Peter J. Hall and executed by Metropolitan Opera Costume Department

San Francisco Girls Chorus
Elizabeth Appling, Director
Julie Ancheta
Hannah Appel
Victoria Barrett
Danielle Bush
Pauline Chew
Rachel Goldsmith
Amy Harris
Misuzu Ito
Lee Menzies
Abigail Ramsden
Elaine Robertson
Mirabai Weismehl

San Francisco Boys Chorus -- Singing Boys of San Francisco Bay
Philip Hahn, Director
Catherine Doyle, Associate Director
David Alderman
Kevin Angstenterger
Frederick Balcomb
Roderick Ballelos
Roberto Barrueto
Bernard Bowen
Adriel Brito
Jen Chang
Weldon Cheung
Jason Cortez
Michael Davis
Francisco Dias
Michael Dobson
Nathan Emge
Iain Fry
Joseph Glauberman
Michel Gulick
Matthew Hammond
Ryle Hetzel
David Hu
Marc Hutchinson
Gene Jackson
Ross Jensen
Scott Kronmiller
Jared Mariconi
Kirk McCutcheon
Norman Moy
Colin Nichoilas
Gregory North
Grael Norton
Joseph Penrod
Shange Petrini
Gabriel Pinkerton
Eric Quijano
Patrick Robertson
Paul Ryan
Jaime Schmiechen
Toby Stewart
Michael Stith
Neil Sugay
Stephen Sugay
Peter Tebault
Colin Trevorrow
John Wheeler-Rappe

SUPERNUMERARIES
Traudi Albert
Pat Angell
Elayne Ashman
Karen Bailey
Phyllis Blair
Paige Bonnivier
Katherine Brazaitis
Dorothy Brown
Madeline Chase
Kay Cheatham
Phoebe Ciaffi
Jamie Daniels
Renée DeJarnatt
Carol Dunlap
Ann Fitzgerald
Diane Graham
Joan Imbeau
Esther Jennings
Joan Kwansa
Francesca Leo
Jan Moody
Dorothy Papo
Virginia Persson
Molly Roth
Louise Russo
Stephanie Salter
Ellen Sanchez
Christine Seigel
Valentina Simi
Stella Tatro
Beverly Terry
Karen Topp
Sally Warren
Lisa Waters
Carolyn Waugh
Susan Weiss
Laurel Winzler

Gene Angell
Victor Banis
Stephen Bartlett-Re
Bob Belt
Michael Berkowitz
Vincent Brooks
Phil Campbell
Tom Carlisle
Roy Castellini
David Clover
Rudy Cook
Copley Crosby
Kermit Duval
Peter Farriday
Peter Felleman
Mickey Frettoloso
Eugenio Gamez
Tom Giuliano
Richard Goldman
Albert Goodwyn
Terry Gordon
Rick Guydesen
Bill Higgins
Willard Holden
Mark Huelsmann
Clint Jennings
Keith Kamrath
Joe Kelley
Dan Kyte
David Larson
Neil Larson
Greg Lawrance
Nelson Luesse
Allan Miller
Matt Miller
Ian Mishkin
Edwin Morse
Paul Newman
Barry Nielsen
Dick Pallowick
Mike Pesavento
Harrison Pierce
Bil