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 1960 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Stage Director(s) Dino Yannopoulos Sets and costumes designed by Howard Bay Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Lew Christensen Musical Preparation Philip Eisenberg Hans Georg Schaefer Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Carmen Jean Madeira Don José, a Sergeant Jon Vickers Micaëla Mary Costa Escamillo, the Toreador Mario Zanasi Zuniga, Captain of the Dragoons Lorenzo Alvary Frasquita Frances McCann Mercédès Katherine Hilgenberg El Remendado Raymond Manton El Dancaire Howard Fried Morales, a sergeant Ned Romero Solo Dancer(s) Jocelyn Vollmar Sally Bailey Roderick Drew Show Dates Sun, Nov 6 1960, 3pm 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 Corps de Ballet San Francisco Opera Boys Choristers and Pasadena Boy Choristers Major intermission after Act II