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 Seattle, WA Venue Seattle Civic Auditorium Season 1947 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) William Wymetal Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Faust, a learned philosopher Raoul Jobin Méphistophélès Ezio Pinza Marguérite Florence Quartararo Valentin, her brother Giuseppe Valdengo Siebel, a young soldier in love with Marguerite Herta Glaz Marthe, chaperon of Marguerite Claramae Turner Wagner George Cehanovsky Show Dates Wed, Sep 10 1947, 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