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 Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1955 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Jean Morel Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Chorus Director Leo Mueller Choreographer Willam Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Faust Jan Peerce Méphistophélès Cesare Siepi Marguérite Rosanna Carteri Valentin, her brother Cornell MacNeil Siebel Frances Bible Marthe Katherine Hilgenberg Wagner Carl Palangi Show Dates Sat, Oct 29 1955, 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, Scene 1 -- Street before the Cathedral Scene 2 -- The Prison Notes Corps de Ballet