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 1962 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis Production Tito Capobianco Sets by Marciano Longarini Edward Locke Gallagher Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Lew Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Faust, a philosopher Albert Lance Méphistophélès Giorgio Tozzi Wagner, a student Donald Drain Siebel, a youth in love with Marguerite Kerstin Meyer Valentin, Marguerite's brother Thomas Stewart Marguérite Mary Costa Marthe Schwertlein, her neighbor and companion Dorothy Cole Show Dates Tue, Sep 25 1962, 8pm Fri, Sep 28 1962, 8pm Time and Place Sixteenth century; Germany Scenes PROLOGUE -- Faust's study Act I -- A public square Act II -- Marguerite's garden INTERMISSION Act III, Scene 1 -- A street Scene 2 -- A church Scene 3 -- A prison Media Image Faust, Charles Gounod. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Albert Lance (Faust) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image Faust, Charles Gounod. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Kerstin Meyer (Siebel) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1962_07_compressed.pdf (10.66 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, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Albert Lance (Faust) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image Faust, Charles Gounod. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Kerstin Meyer (Siebel) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones