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
1948
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Cast
Boris Godunov, Regent of Russia
Teodoro, his son -- Fyodor
Xenia, his daughter
Nurse
Shuisky
Shchelkalov
Brother Pimen
Dimitry
Marina
Rangoni
Francesco Valentino(10/1)
Daniel Duno(10/13)
Varlaam
Missail
Innkeeper
Simpleton
Police Officer
Frontier Guard
Boyar in Waiting
Lavitsky
Chernikovsky
Boyar
Solo Dancer(s)
Show Dates
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
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1948_04_compressed.pdf
(7.52 MB)
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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San Francisco Opera Company Boys Chorus Madi Bacon, Director
The performance of October 13 was labeled as a "Portola Festival Performance"