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 1949 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Paul Breisach Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Choreography by Willam Christensen Cast Carmen Winifred Heidt Don José Ramon Vinay Micaëla Dorothy Warenskjold Escamillo, the Toreador Francesco Valentino Zuniga, Captain of the Dragoons Desire Ligeti Frasquita Lois Hartzell Mercédès Alice Ostrowsky Dancaïre George Cehanovsky Remendado Alessio De Paolis Morales, an officer George Cehanovsky Solo Dancer(s) Geraldine Vazquez Joan Vickers Roland Vazquez Show Dates Fri, Nov 4 1949, 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 Incidental Dances by Corps de Ballet Boys Chorus from St. James Episcopal Church, South Pasadena