Composer Charles Gounod Librettists Jules Barbier and Michel Carré Based On the epic drama by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Company Spring Opera Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1964 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Karl Kritz Stage Director(s) Bliss Hebert Choreographer Ron Poindexter Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumes Goldstein & Co. Cast Faust Richard Verreau Méphistophélès Arnold Voketaitis Wagner Brian Turner Siebel Nancy Williams Valentine Chester Ludgin Marguérite Carol Todd Marthe Schwertlein Donna Petersen Show Dates Tue, Jun 2 1964, 8pm Sat, Jun 6 1964, 8pm Time and Place Germany; sixteenth century Scenes Prologue -- Faust's study Act I -- A public square Act II -- Marguerite's garden Act III, Scene 1 -- A street Act III, Scene 2 -- A church Act III, Scene 3 -- A prison Notes Spring Opera of San Francisco