Carmen (student)

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Composer
Georges Bizet
Librettists
Henri Meilhac

and

Ludovic Halévy
Based On

the novella by Prosper Mérimée

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1970
Language
French

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Jean Périsson
Irving Beckman(11/20, 24)
Stage Director(s)
Matthew Farruggio
Chorus Director
Francesco Prestia
Musical Preparation
Irving Beckman
Choreographer
Carlos Carvajal
Designer
Howard Bay
Costumers
Goldstein & Co.

Cast

Moralès
Timothy Nolen
Micaëla
Shigemi Matsumoto(11/13,24)
Jane Marsh(11/20)
Don José
Guy Chauvet(10/13)
Glade Peterson(10/21; 11/13, 20,24)
Zuniga
Clifford Grant
Carmen
Brigitte Fassbaender(10/13)
Joy Davidson(10/21; 11/13)
Sylvia Anderson(11/20,24)
Frasquita
Shigemi Matsumoto(10/13,21; 11/20)
Carolyn Lewis(11/13,24)
Mercédès
Sheila Nadler
Escamillo
José van Dam(10/13,20)
Allan Monk(11/13,20,24)
El Dancairo
Howard Fried
El Remendado
Raymond Manton
Solo Dancer(s)
Gardner Carlson
Commentator
Barry Mineah(11/13.20)
Alexander Fried(10/13,21;11/24)

Show Dates

Time and Place

Seville, Spain, about 1825

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

This production of "Carmen" was given to the San Francisco Opera by the San Francisco Opera Guild in 1959

Notes

San Francisco Opera Boys Chorus
Madi Bacon, Director

Bradford Brennan
Craig Brennan
Robert Calvert
Frederick Cohen
David Englund
David Green
Randolph Haag
Andrew Harris
Leonard Kalm
Richard Kehres
Tad Laird
Gary Levy
Stuart Misfeldt
Christopher Nowak
Tyrone Po
Geoffrey Reed
Jeremy Renton
Peter Rubardt
Ted Schoenfeld
David Sigal
Scott Spiller
Cyrian Tabuena
Eugene Wang
David Wolins
Henry Wong

DANCERS
Christine Bennett
Peggy Davis
Mela Fleming
Karen Hornschuch
Carolyn Houser
Judanna Lynn
Leila Parello
Carla Sealander
Allyson Segeler

Allen Barker
Gardner Carlson
Donald Eryck
John Daniel Lordon
Tony Ness
Charles Perrier
Edward Rumberger
John Sullivan
Sulpicio Wagner