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Boris Godunov (Sacramento)

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Based On

the historical tragedy by Alexander Pushkin and "History of the Russian State" by Nikolai Karamzin

Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Sacramento, CA
Venue
Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
Season
1946
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director

Cast

Boris Godunov, Regent of Russia
Teodoro, his son -- Fyodor
Xenia, his daughter
Shchelkalov
Brother Pimen
Dimitri
Marina
Missail
Innkeeper
Simpleton
Police Officer
Boyar in Waiting
Lavitsky
Chernikovsky
First Peasant
Second Peasant
Third Peasant
Fourth Peasant

Show Dates

Time and Place

About 1600; Moscow and Lithuanian Frontier

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- Outside of Novodievichy Monastery near Moscow
Scene 2 -- Lonely Cell in the Monastery of the Miracle at Night
Scene 3 -- Cathedral Square, Moscow
Act II, Scene 1 -- Inn on the Lithuanian Frontier
Scene 2 -- Czar's Apartment in the Kremlin
Act III -- Park of Marina's Palace, Poland
Act IV, Scene 1 -- Kromy Forest near Moscow
Scene 2 -- Duma in the Kremlin

Notes

Corps de Ballet

This staging did not include the role of Rangoni

The curtain time is a guess; the printed program failed to include that detail.