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 1964 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Ferdinand Leitner Production Dino Yannopoulos Designer Howard Bay Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Zachary Solov Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Morales, a corporal Daniel McCaughna Micaëla Lee Venora Don José, a corporal Jon Vickers Zuniga, a captain John West Carmen Regina Resnik Frasquita Carol Todd Mercédès Janis Martin Escamillo, a bullfighter Joshua Hecht El Dancaire Howard Fried El Remendado Raymond Manton Show Dates Mon, Nov 16 1964, 8pm Time and Place About 1825; Seville, Spain Scenes Act I -- A square in Seville Act II -- Lillas Pastia's tavern Act III -- The smugglers' stronghold in the mountains Act IV -- Outside the bull-ring 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 Chorus Madi Bacon, Director