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 San Diego, CA Venue San Diego Fox Theatre 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 Licia Albanese Valentin, her brother Cornell MacNeil Siebel Margaret Roggero Marthe Katherine Hilgenberg Wagner Carl Palangi Show Dates Thu, Nov 3 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