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Carmen (Berkeley)

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Based On

the novella by Prosper Mérimée

Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Berkeley, CA
Venue
Hearst Greek Theatre
Season
1960
Language
French

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Sets and costumes designed by
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Musical Preparation
Costumers

Cast

Carmen
Don José, a Sergeant
Micaëla
Escamillo, the Toreador
Zuniga, Captain of the Dragoons
Frasquita
El Remendado
El Dancaire
Morales, a sergeant

Show Dates

Time and Place

About 1820; Seville, Spain

Scenes

Act I -- The square in Seville
Act II -- Lillas Pastia's tavern
Act III -- The smugglers' retreat in the mountains
Act IV -- Outside the bull-ring in Seville

Acknowledgements

The production of "Carmen" was given to the San Francisco Opera Association by the San Francisco Opera Guild in 1959.

Notes

Presented by The William Randolph Hearst Foundation
and
The Committee for Arts and Lectures
University of California, Berkeley

Corps de Ballet

San Francisco Opera Boys Chorus
Madi Bacon, Director

Major intermission after Act II