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 1948 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Erich Leinsdorf Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Boris Godunov, Regent of Russia Ezio Pinza Teodoro, his son -- Fyodor Martina Zubiri Xenia, his daughter Lois Hartzell Nurse Claramae Turner Shuisky Alessio De Paolis Shchelkalov George Cehanovsky Brother Pimen Lorenzo Alvary Dimitry Charles Kullman Marina Winifred Heidt Rangoni Francesco Valentino(10/1) Daniel Duno(10/13) Varlaam Salvatore Baccaloni Missail Leslie Chabay Innkeeper Eula Beal Simpleton John Garris Police Officer John Ford Frontier Guard Desire Ligeti Boyar in Waiting Paul Walti Lavitsky Walter Olitzki Chernikovsky John Ford Boyar William Rooney Solo Dancer(s) Rosalie Prosch Peter Nelson Show Dates Fri, Oct 1 1948, 8pm Wed, Oct 13 1948, 8pm Time and Place About 1600; Moscow and Lithuanian Frontier Scenes Part I, Scene 1 -- Outside the Monastery of Novodievichy near Moscow Scene 2 -- Cathedral Square, Moscow Scene 3 -- Lonely Cell in Monastery of the Miracle at Night, six years later Scene 4 -- Inn on the Lithuanian Frontier Part II -- Tsar's Apartment in the Kremlin Part III -- Park of Marina's Palace, Poland Part IV, Scene 1 -- Forest of Kromy near Moscow Scene 2 -- Duma in the Kremlin Media Image Boris Godunov, Modest Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1948. Photographer: Paul G. Tracy/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (Pimen) Credit Tracy Image Boris Godunov, Modest Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1948. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Verlaam), Leslie Charay (Missail) Credit Strohmeyer Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1948_04_compressed.pdf (7.52 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------San Francisco Opera Company Boys Chorus Madi Bacon, Director The performance of October 13 was labeled as a "Portola Festival Performance" Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image Boris Godunov, Modest Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1948. Photographer: Paul G. Tracy/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (Pimen) Credit Tracy
Image Boris Godunov, Modest Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1948. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Verlaam), Leslie Charay (Missail) Credit Strohmeyer