Composer Ambroise Thomas Librettists Michel Carré and Jules Barbier Based On Goethe's "Wilhelm Meister" Company Spring Opera Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1966 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor George Lawner Stage Director(s) Bliss Hebert Scenic Consultant Terry Gates Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Carlos Carvajal Costumes Goldstein & Co. Cast Lothario, a wandering singer McHenry Boatwright Philine, an actress Marni Nixon Laerte, an actor Robert Glover Giarno, a Gypsy David Giosso Mignon, a girl abducted by Gypsies Helen Vanni Wilhelm Meister, a student Frank Porretta Frédéric, a young nobleman Marija Kova Show Dates Tue, May 24 1966, 8pm Fri, May 27 1966, 8pm Time and Place Germany and Italy; 1770 Scenes Act I -- The courtyard of a German inn Act II, Scene 1 -- The coucoir of a German castle Act II, Scene 2 -- The garden of the castle Act III -- Lothario's castle in Italy Notes Spring Opera of San Francisco