Lakme Composer Léo Delibes Librettists Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille Based On the story "Le Mariage de Loti" by Edmond Gondinet Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1937 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Pietro Cimini Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master William Tyroler Settings designed by Armando Agnini Choreography by Serge Oukrainsky Cast Lakmé, daughter of Nilakantha Lily Pons Gerald, Officer of the British Army in India René Maison Frederic, Officer of the British Army in India George Cehanovsky Nilakantha, a Brahmin priest Ezio Pinza Hadji, a Hindu slave André Ferrier Mallika, Lakmé's slave Helen Beatty Mrs. Bentson, a governess Olga Callahan Ellen, the Governor's daughter Lina Kroph Rose, her companion Elizabeth Hackett Show Dates Tue, Nov 16 1937, 8pm Time and Place The Present; India Scenes Act I -- A Sacred Garden Act II -- A Bazaar Act III -- An Indian Forest Notes Principal dancers: Serge Oukrainsky Willette Allen Deane Crockett James Starbuck Corps de Ballet