Composer Charles Gounod Librettists Jules Barbier and Michel Carré Based On the epic drama by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Bakersfield, CA Venue Bakersfield Harvey Auditorium Season 1949 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Kurt Herbert Adler Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Cast Faust, a learned philosopher Raoul Jobin Méphistophélès Italo Tajo Marguérite Florence Quartararo Valentin, her brother Robert Weede Siebel, a young soldier in love with Marguerite Herta Glaz Marthe, chaperon of Marguerite Alice Ostrowsky Wagner Patrick McVey Show Dates Mon, Oct 24 1949, 8pm Time and Place Germany during the Sixteenth Century Scenes PROLOGUE -- Faust's Study Act I -- A Public Square -- The Kermesse Act II -- Marguerite's Garden Act III -- Street Before the Cathedral Act IV -- The Prison Acknowledgements Presented by San Francisco Opera Guild Notes Presented by the Kern County Musical Association, Inc. Incidental Dances by Corps de Ballet