Composer Gustave Charpentier Librettist Gustave Charpentier Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1955 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Jean Morel Stage Director(s) Carlo Piccinato Chorus Director Leo Mueller Choreographer Lew Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Louise Dorothy Kirsten Her Mother Claramae Turner Her Father Ralph Herbert Julien, a poet Brian Sullivan Rag Picker Lorenzo Alvary Junk Man Desire Ligeti Young Ragpicker Margaret Roggero Street Sweeper Donna Walker Newspaper Girl Olga Ronec Milkwoman Maria West Coal Picker Ruth Roehr Street Arab Jan McArt Birdfood Vendor Eileen Scott Artichoke Vendor Sophie Karras Watercress Vendor; Chair Mender Frances Bible Old Clothes Man Alessio De Paolis Carrot Vendor Virginio Assandri Rag Vendor; Song Writer George Cehanovsky First Policeman Heinz Blankenburg Second Policeman Carl Palangi Noctambulist; King of Fools Chris Lachona First Philosopher Winther Andersen Second Philosopher Colin Harvey Painter John Taylor Sculptor William Booth Poet Joseph Petit Student John Segale Irma Jeannine Crader Camille Betty Gordon Gertrude Katherine Hilgenberg Apprentice Jan McArt Elise Janette Allen Blanche Elizabeth M. Garnier Suzanne Sybil Louise Knapp Forewoman Eleanor Avery Marguérite Yvonne Gotelli Madeleine Peggy Covington Solo Dancer(s) Nancy Johnson Show Dates Tue, Oct 25 1955, 8pm Time and Place About 1900; Paris Scenes Act I -- Home of Louise in Tenement Act II, Scene 1 -- Street in Montmartre District Scene 2 -- A Dressmaking Shop Act III -- Cottage and Terrace atop Montmartre Act IV -- Same as Act I Notes Corps de Ballet