Composer Charles Gounod Librettists Jules Barbier and Michel Carré Based On the epic drama by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1949 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Kurt Herbert Adler Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Cast Faust, a learned philosopher Raoul Jobin(10/6) Jussi Bjoerling(10/13) Méphistophélès Italo Tajo(10/6) Nicola Moscona(10/13) Marguérite Florence Quartararo Valentin, her brother Robert Weede(10/6) Enzo Mascherini(10/13) Siebel, a young soldier in love with Marguerite Lois Hartzell(10/6) Herta Glaz(10/13) Marthe, chaperon of Marguerite Alice Ostrowsky Wagner Patrick McVey Show Dates Thu, Oct 6 1949, 1pm Thu, Oct 13 1949, 1pm 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 Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet