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 Dreamland Auditorium Season 1928 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Wilfred Pelletier Chorus Master Antonio Dell'Orefice Stage and technical director Armando Agnini Incidental Dances Act II; Divertissement, Act IV Serge Oukrainsky Assisted by Eleanora Flaige Cast Carmen Maria Jeritza Micaëla Myrtle Donnelly Don José Armand Tokatyan Escamillo Ezio Pinza Dancairo Millo Picco Remendado Angelo Bada Zuniga Louis D'Angelo Moralès Jose Mercado Frasquita Armanda Chirot Mercédès Lenore Ivey Dancer(s) May Garcia Gladys Kinney Pearl Chapman Jean Kelly Show Dates Mon, Oct 1 1928, 8pm Time and Place Seville Scenes Act I -- Public Square in Seville Act II -- Tavern in Suburbs of Seville Act III -- A Wild and Rocky Pass in the Mountains ar Night Act IV -- A Square in Seville, before the entrance to the Bull Ring