Composer Georges Bizet Librettists Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy Based On the novella by Prosper Mérimée Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1946 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Paul Breisach Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Choreographer Willam Christensen Cast Carmen Lily Djanel Don José Charles Kullman Micaëla Nadine Conner Escamillo, the Toreador George Czaplicki Zuniga, Captain of the Dragoons Walter Olitzki Frasquita Thelma Votipka Mercédès Herta Glaz Le Dancaïre George Cehanovsky Le Remendado Alessio De Paolis Morales, an officer George Cehanovsky Solo Dancer(s) Rosalie Prosch Jose Manero Show Dates Sat, Nov 2 1946, 8pm Time and Place About 1820; Seville, Spain Scenes Act I -- Interior of Cigarette Factory Act II -- A Tavern in Suburbs Act III -- A Rocky Pass in the Mountains at Night Act IV -- Square at Entrance to Bull Ring Notes Corps de Ballet St. James Choristers, South Pasadena, Dr. John Henry Lyons, Director