Carmen, 1953 June/July

Program from the Central City Opera House Association's 1953 production of "Carmen."

Cast includes: Leroy Hoffman, Hugh Thompson, Theodor Uppman (Morales), Lucine Amara and Heidi Krall (Micaela), Kenneth Smith (Zuniga), Davis Cunningham, Lloyd Thomas Leech, David Lloyd (Don Jose), Edith Evans, Gloria Lane, Mildred Miller (Carmen), Heidi Krall and Shirley Russell (Frasquita), Bettie Clark and Edith Evans (Mercedes), Hugh Thompson and Theodor Uppman (Escamillo), Joseph Folmer (Remandado), Leon Lishner and Emile Renan (Dancairo), Werner Graf (Lillas Pastia/Priest), Stevens Girault (Guide), Chorus; Sandra Caldwell, Lucilee Evans, Ann Huss, Connie Lujan, Sally Lou Snyder, Caroline Wigley, Marilyn Winters (soprano), Gene Barr, Elaine Cencel, Dana Dowell, Shirley Hartman, Ann Nell Palmer, Joanne Roth, Joan Simons (contralto), Edwin Austin, Sgt. Donald Becker, Ben Hoagland, Jack Miller, Jon Orndorff, Robert Owens, Robert Truoff, Paul Von Ehrenkrook (tenor), Jack D'Arcy, Philip Barnes, Robert Carl, Leroy Hoffman, Arthus Madsen, Jack Olson, John Winchester (bass), Ballet; Patti Bowman, Nancee Heimbecher, Robert Jones, Lizbeth Sweet, James Tenney, Danny Beggs, Irene Braning, Harvey Hagenstaad, Paula Jones, Children's Chrous; Fernitta Olsen, Jimmy Powers, Alice Ress, Patsy Swartwood, Lynn Taussigm Barry Thomas, and Billy Vickery. Production staff includes: Herbert Graf (producer), Kurt Adler (conductor), Donald Oenslager (scenic/costume design), Walter Taussig (associate conductor), Florence Lamont Hinman (chorus master), Lillian Cushing (director of Ballet), Irene Kahn (coach and accompanist), Robert Coffey and Werner Graf (production stage manager), and Helene Pons (costume execution).