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 1955 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Jean Morel Stage Director(s) Carlo Piccinato Chorus Director Leo Mueller Choreographer Willam Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Carmen Nell Rankin Don José, a Sergeant Richard Lewis Micaëla Dorothy Warenskjold Escamillo, the Toreador Cornell MacNeil Zuniga, Captain of the Dragoons Lorenzo Alvary Frasquita Ruth Roehr Mercédès Margaret Roggero Dancaïre George Cehanovsky Remendado Alessio De Paolis Morales, a sergeant Heinz Blankenburg Solo Dancer(s) Nancy Johnson Conrad Ludlow Show Dates Wed, Nov 2 1955, 8pm Time and Place About 1820; Seville, Spain Scenes Act I -- A square in Seville Act II -- A Tavern in Suburbs Act III -- A Rocky Pass in the Mountains Act IV -- Square at Entrance to Bull Ring Notes Pasadena Boys Choristers John Henry Lyons, Director