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 Civic Auditorium Season 1927 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Chorus Master Giuseppe Papi Stage and technical director Armando Agnini Cast Don José Giovanni Martinelli Escamillo Desiré Defrère Dancairo Lodovico Oliviero Remendado Angelo Bada Zuniga Louis D'Angelo Moralès Millo Picco Carmen Ina Bourskaya Micaëla Myrtle Donnelly Frasquita Cecile Leo Mercédès Irene Fremont Lillas Pastia Frederick Wahlin Show Dates Sat, Oct 1 1927, 8pm Time and Place Seville Scenes Act I -- A Public Square in Seville Act II -- Tavern in Suburbs of Seville Act III -- A Wild and Rocky Pass in the Mountains, at Night Act IV -- A Square in Seville, before the Entrance to the Bull Ring