La Boheme, 1952 June/July

Program from the Central City Opera House Association's 1952 production of "La Boheme."

Cast includes: Davis Cunningham, James McCracken, David Poleri (Rodolfo), Hugh Thompson (Marcello), Michael Bondon, James Pease (Colline), Algerd Brazis (Schaunard), Ann Ayars, Anne Bollinger, Virginia MacWatters, Brenda Miller (Mimi), Charles Post (Parpignol), Jean Gibbons (Musetta), Chester Watson (Alcindoro), Dean Hutchins (Sergeant), Jack D'Arcy (sergeant), Chorus (citizens/shopgirls/hawkers/students): Sandra Caldwell, Marcia Case, Winifred Linsenmaier, Connie Lujan, Sally Lou Snyder, Janis Walz (sopranos), Genevieve Barr, Helen, Shirley Hartman, Ann Nell Palmer, Joanne Orr Roth, Joan Simmons (altos), Edwin A Austin, John Cole, Charles Eller, Ben Hoagland, Jack Littenm Jon Orndorff (tenors), Jack D'Arcy, Ralph Bishop, Floyd Hershberger, Dean Hutchings, Norbert Goldman, Werner Graf (basses); Theodore Barrett, Richard S Case, John R Conover, Ross S Epstein, Berbard H Karl, John R Kelsey, Don W Krummel, Samuel Lavitsky, Robert W Maris, Allen R Nelson, Albert M Reese (waiters/gendarmes/soldiers); Irene Branning, Beverly Brazis, Fern Gradbury, Violet Perkins, Alice Ross , Danny Beggs, Jimmy Powers, Barry Thomas, and Billy Vickery (children).

Production Staff includes: Tibor Kozma (conductor), Frank St Leger (stage director), Donald Oenslager (scenic/costume design), Walter Taussig (assistant musical director), Florence Lamont Hinman (director of chorus), Hans Sondheimer (production stage manager), Betty C Armstrong (costume assistant), and Klaus Holm (scenic assistant).