Title: Carmen
Description: National Theatre, Louis A. Lotito, managing director, the Metropolitan Opera Association, general manager: Rudolf Bing and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts present the Metropolitan Opera National Company, general managers: Risë Stevens, Michael Manuel, music director: Robert La Marchina, associate musical director: Samuel Krachmalnick, inaugural season, 1965-1966, Georges Bizet "Carmen," opera in four acts, libretto by H. Meilhac and L. Halévy, adapted from the novel by Prosper Mérimée, English text by John Gutman, conductor: Ross Reimueller (Thurs. Eve.), Robert La Marchina (Thurs. & Sat. Eve.), directed by Louis Ducreux, sets and costumes designed by Bernard Daydé, associated designer: Ming Cho Lee, choreography by Luis Olivares, choral director: William Jonson.