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 1947 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Wilfred Pelletier Stage Director(s) William Wymetal Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Faust, a learned philosopher Raoul Jobin Méphistophélès Ezio Pinza Marguérite Claudia Pinza Valentin, her brother Robert Weede((10/6)) Giuseppe Valdengo((9/21)) Siebel, a young soldier in love with Marguerite Herta Glaz Marthe, chaperon of Marguerite Claramae Turner Wagner George Cehanovsky Show Dates Mon, Oct 6 1947, 8pm Sun, Sep 21 1947, 2pm 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 Media Image Faust, Charles Gounod. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Méphistophélès), Ensemble Credit Strohmeyer Image Faust, Charles Gounod. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Méphistophélès), Ensemble Credit Strohmeyer Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1947_05_compressed.pdf (7.7 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image Faust, Charles Gounod. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Méphistophélès), Ensemble Credit Strohmeyer
Image Faust, Charles Gounod. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Méphistophélès), Ensemble Credit Strohmeyer