Composer
Librettist
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
Cast
Boris Godunov, Regent of Russia
Teodoro, his son -- Fyodor
Xenia, his daughter
Nurse
Shuisky
Shchelkalov
Brother Pimen
Dimitri
Marina
Varlaam
Missail
Innkeeper
Simpleton
Police Officer
Sergeant of the Frontier Guard
Boyar in Waiting
Lavitsky
Chernikovsky
First Peasant
Second Peasant
Third Peasant
Fourth Peasant
Boyar
First "Damigella"
Second "Damigella"
Third "Damigella"
Fourth "Damigella"
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
Media
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1946_02_compressed.pdf
(9.15 MB)
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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Children from San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Reba Kay, director
This staging did not include the role of Rangoni