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 Sacramento, CA Venue Sacramento Memorial Auditorium Season 1944 Creative/Crew Conductor William Steinberg Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Faust, a learned philosopher Raoul Jobin Méphistophélès Ezio Pinza Marguérite Vivian Della Chiesa Valentin, her brother Leonard Warren Siebel, a young soldier in love with Marguerite Herta Glaz Marthe, chaperon of Marguerite Thelma Votipka Wagner George Cehanovsky Show Dates Sat, Oct 21 1944, 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 -- In the Cathedral Scene 2 -- The Soldiers' Chorus Scene 3 -- Marguerite's Garden several months later Act IV -- The Prison Notes Corps de Ballet The curtain time is a guess; touring records include evering but the starting times.