Composer Alban Berg Librettist Alban Berg Based On drama by Georg Büchner Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1960 Language English Creative/Crew Conductor Leopold Ludwig Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Designer Leni Bauer-Ecsy Resident designer Richard Mason Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Musical Preparation Hans Georg Schaefer Philip Eisenberg Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Franz Wozzeck, a soldier Geraint Evans Captain Richard Lewis Andres, Wozzeck's friend Raymond Manton Marie, Wozzeck's common-law wife Marilyn Horne Margret, her neighbor Margot Blum Drum Major Ticho Parly Marie's Child Philip Garay Doctor Lorenzo Alvary First artisan Richard Wentworth Second artisan Ned Romero Fool Howard Fried Soldier William Booth Another soldier Robert Pierre Show Dates Fri, Nov 11 1960, 8pm Time and Place (not specified) Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- The Captain's room Scene 2 -- An open field Scene 3 -- Marie's room Scene 4 -- The Doctor's study Scene 5 -- The street outside Marie's house Act II, Scene 1 -- Marie's room Scene 2 -- The town square Scene 3 -- The street outside Marie's house Scene 4 -- A beer-garden Scene 5 -- The barracks Act III, Scene 1 -- Marie's room Scene 2 -- A pond Scene 3 -- A tavern Scene 4 -- A pond Scene 5 -- The street outside Marie's house Legacy Commission Translation by Eric Blackall and Vida Hartford Notes San Francisco Boys Chorus Madi Bacon, Director Only intermission after Act II