Composer Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Librettist Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Based On the historical tragedy by Alexander Pushkin and "History of the Russian State" by Nikolai Karamzin Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1946 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Georges Sebastian Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Boris Godunov, Regent of Russia Ezio Pinza Teodoro, his son -- Fyodor Eleanor Knapp Xenia, his daughter Muriel Demers Nurse Margaret Harshaw Shuisky Alessio De Paolis Shchelkalov George Cehanovsky Brother Pimen Lorenzo Alvary Dimitri Mario Berini Marina Herta Glaz Varlaam Salvatore Baccaloni Missail Joseph Tissier Innkeeper Eileen Repp Simpleton John Garris Police Officer Desire Ligeti Sergeant of the Frontier Guard Kenneth Schon Boyar in Waiting George Tallone Lavitsky Desire Ligeti Chernikovsky Walter Olitzki First Peasant Bianca Bruni Second Peasant Lorraine Calcagno Third Peasant Benjamin Martin Fourth Peasant Colin Harvey Boyar William Rooney First "Damigella" Muriel Demers Second "Damigella" Delphia Phillips Third "Damigella" Geraldine Viti Fourth "Damigella" Britta Anderson Show Dates Fri, Sep 27 1946, 8pm Mon, Oct 7 1946, 8pm 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 Media Image Boris Godunov, Modest Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1946. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Boris), Ensemble Credit Strohmeyer Image Boris Godunov, Modest Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1946. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Geore Cehanovsky (Shelkalov), Ensemble Credit Strohmeyer Image Boris Godunov, Modest Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1946. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. John Garris (Fool) Credit Strohmeyer Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1946_02_compressed.pdf (9.15 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Children from San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Reba Kay, director This staging did not include the role of Rangoni Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image Boris Godunov, Modest Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1946. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Boris), Ensemble Credit Strohmeyer
Image Boris Godunov, Modest Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1946. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Geore Cehanovsky (Shelkalov), Ensemble Credit Strohmeyer
Image Boris Godunov, Modest Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1946. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. John Garris (Fool) Credit Strohmeyer