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Carmen

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Based On

the novella by Prosper Mérimée

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1997-1998
Language
French

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Stage Director(s)
Set Designer(s)
Principal costume designer
Costume Design Coordinator
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Supertitles
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Fight Consultant

Cast

Don José
Zuniga
Carmen
Denyce Graves(6/14,27,30)
Elena Zaremba(6/17,20,24)
Frasquita
Mercédès
Le Dancaïre
Le Remendado
Escamillo
Solo Dancer(s)

Show Dates

Time and Place

19th century; Seville, Spain

Scenes

Act I -- A street in Seville
INTERMISSION
Act II -- Lillas Pastia's tavern
INTERMISSION
Act III -- In the mountains
Act IV -- Outside the arena

Media

Sponsors

The performance of June 17th is sponsored by Altman & Cronin Benefit Consultants.

The performance of June 24th is sponsored by Euro RSCG DSW Partners.

Acknowledgements

This production is sponsored by Chevron

Notes

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios
Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop

ADDITIONAL PERFORMERS

Children's Choruses
San Francisco Girls Chorus -- June Wiley, Director
San Francisco Boys Chorus -- Ian Robertson, Director
Sara Epstein
Katy Fast
Elaine R. Harris
Rachel Jacobs
Vanessa Lammers
Justine Lerchtling
Catherine Lombardi
Stephanie A. Moy
Cynthia Nie
Erica Reder
Alison Stumpf
Natalie Zuckerman

Eli Anders
Cole Armstrong
Michael Bannett
Jeffrey Bryant
Thomas Buran
Nathan Calixto
Nicholas Chacon
Ryan Cheung
Jonathan Chin
Alex Dorey
Benjamin Farber
Nathaniel Farber
Arman Hirose-Afshari
Daniel Hwang
Ryan Irwin
Geirge Kharabadze
Michael Kimura
Nachi Mehta
Antonio Regis
Jacen Rivera
Alex Rose
Alejandro Sanchez
Matthew Spellberg
Forrest Stone
John Thorn
Denver Wade
Aaron Yoffe
Justin Yu

SUPERNUMERARIES
Traude Albert
Susan Alden
Pat Beresford
Karen Goodwyn
Leah Hall
Nancy Huie
Joan Kwansa
Jane Murray
Dorothy Papo
Deborah Rawlinson
Valentina Simi
Kimberly Thompson
Mimi Timberlake
Susan Weiss

Trey Alonso
Jessie Amoroso
Mel Bachmeier
Keith Bartel
Steve Bauman
John Beck
Jim Bowes
Mark Burstein
Peter Cannon
Brian Cara
Tom Carlisle
Marcus Ceniceros
Roderick Chow
Tom Dewan
Jim Diederich
Jim Dyvad
Les Fram
David Gan
Kevin Gee
Joe Giammarco
Gary Glab
Eddy J. Gordillo
Bradley Hamilton
Chris Howell
Frank Jorgensen
Andrew Korniej
David Langley
Steve Lavezzoli
Robert Lee
James Lesko
David Lezan
Donald R. Lipp
Salvador Lopez
Mark MacGuigan
Kamy Marashi
John F. Martin
Jason Mayo
Bruce McNaughton
Andrew Melomet
Jim Mullins
David Norton
Michael Peredo
Keith Perry
Tristan Rawlinson
Lucas Rebston
David Robinson
Tom Romero
Reed Schmidt
Mike Silpa
Ronald Szydlo
Mario Tarabini
Walt Thorp
Marvin Tom
Miguel Torres
David Touchstone
Samuel Vasquez
Wolfgang von Huttick
Greg Watkins
Rick Weil
George Weiss
Mitchell Wong