Composer
Librettists
Based On
the novella by Prosper Mérimée
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1964
Language
French
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Georges Prêtre(9/14)
Ferdinand Leitner(10/1, 9)
Production
Designer
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Costumers
Cast
Morales, a corporal
Micaëla
Mary Costa(9/14)
Pilar Lorengar(10/1, 9)
Don José, a corporal
Richard Martell(9/14, 10/1)
Jon Vickers(10/9)
Zuniga, a captain
Carmen
Frasquita
Mercédès
Escamillo, a bullfighter
El Dancaire
El Remendado
Show Dates
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
Media
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1964_03_compressed.pdf
(11.01 MB)
Acknowledgements
The production of "Carmen" was given to the San Francisco Opera Association by the San Francisco Opera Guild in 1959
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
---------------------
San Francisco Opera Boys Chorus Madi Bacon, Director