Composer Arrigo Boito Librettist Arrigo Boito Based On the epic drama Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1963 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Stage Director(s) Lotfi Mansouri Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Lew Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Mefistofele Giorgio Tozzi Faust Sandor Konya Wagner, his pupil Howard Fried Margherita Mary Costa Marta Dorothy Cole Elena (Helen of Troy) Mary Costa Pantalis Janis Martin Nereus Richard Riffel Show Dates Sun, Nov 17 1963, 3pm Time and Place Middle ages and antiquity -- Germany and ancient Greece Scenes Prologue -- In Heaven Act I, Scene 1 -- Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Easter Sunday Scene 2 -- Faust's study Act II, Scene 1 -- Marta's garden Scene 2 -- The heights of the Brocken in the Harz mountains Act III -- A prison cell Act IV -- Ancient Greece Epilogue -- Faust's study Notes Corps de Ballet San Francisco Opera Boys Chorus Madi Bacon, director