Composer Charles Gounod Librettists Jules Barbier and Michel Carré Based On the epic drama by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Company First Annual Music Festival and Grand Opera Location Palo Alto, CA Venue Stanford Stadium, Stanford University Season 1922 Language French Show Dates Sat, Jun 10 1922, 12am Sat, Jun 17 1922, 12am Media Image Notes June 10, 1922June 17, 1922 Gounod, "Faust" Marguerite -- Bianca SaroyaFaust -- Giovanni MartinelliMephistopheles -- Léon RothierValentin -- Vicente BallesterWagner -- U. RovereSiebel -- Doria FernandaMarthe -- Georgianna Strauss Conductor, Gaetano Merola