Composer
Librettists
Based On
the novella by Prosper Mérimée
Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Venue
Shrine Auditorium
Season
1953
Language
French
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director
Choreography by
Cast
Carmen
Don José
Micaëla
Escamillo, the Toreador
Zuniga, Captain of the Dragoons
Frasquita
Mercédès
El Remendado
El Dancaire
Morales, an officer
Solo Dancer(s)
Show Dates
Time and Place
About 1820; Seville, Spain
Scenes
Act I -- Courtyard 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
The Company General Director Gaetano Merola died on August 20th, while conducting
Butterfly's "Un bel dì" in San Francisco's Stern Grove. The entire 1953 season
was labeled "Gaetano Merola, 1879-1953 -- In Memoriam."
The curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but those.