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 1946 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Pietro Cimara Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Choreography by Willam Christensen Cast Lakmé, daughter of Nilakantha Lily Pons Gerald, Officer of the British Army in India Raoul Jobin Frederick, Officer of the British Army in India George Cehanovsky Nilakantha, a Brahmin priest Nicola Moscona Hadji, a Hindu slave John Garris Mallika, Lakmé's slave Herta Glaz Mrs. Benson, a governess Thelma Votipka Ellen, the Governor's daughter Martina Zubiri Rose, her companion Eleanor Knapp Astrologer Benjamin Martin Sepoy Philip Doan Chinese George Tallone Solo Dancer(s) Onna White Joaquin Felsch Peter Nelson Show Dates Tue, Oct 22 1946, 8pm Time and Place About 1880; India Scenes Act I -- A Sacred Garden Act II -- A Bazaar Act III -- An Indian Forest Notes Corps de Ballet