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 Civic Auditorium Season 1929 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Wilfred Pelletier Chorus Master Antonio Dell'Orefice Stage and technical director Armando Agnini Cast Faust Giacomo Lauri-Volpi Méphistophélès Leon Rothier Marguérite Elisabeth Rethberg Valentin, her soldier brother Giuseppe Danise Wagner, Valentin's friend Eugenio Sandrini Siebel, who loves Marguerite Suzanne Torres Marthe, companion to Marguerite Du Blois Ferguson Show Dates Sat, Sep 28 1929, 8pm Time and Place Germany Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- Faust's studio Scene 2 -- Public Square Act II -- Marguerite's garden Act III -- Outside of Marguerite's house Act IV -- The Prison Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1929_06_compressed.pdf (7.56 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------