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
1951
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Cast
Boris Godunov, Regent of Russia
Teodoro, his son -- Fyodor
Xenia, his daughter
Nurse
Schouisky
Shchelkalov
Brother Pimen
Nicola Moscona(10/2)
Lorenzo Alvary(10/7)
Dimitri
Marina
Blanche Thebom(10/2)
Claramae Turner(10/7)
Rangoni
Varlaam
Missail
Innkeeper
Simpleton
Police Officer
Frontier Guard
Enrico Porta(10/2)
Desire Ligeti(10/7)
Boyar in Waiting
Levitzky
Charniakovsky
Boyar
First Peasant
Second Peasant
Third Peasant
Fourth Peasant
Show Dates
Time and Place
About 1600; Moscow, Lithuanian Frontier, Poland
Scenes
Part I, Scene 1 -- Outside the Novodievichy Monastery 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 Lituanian Frontier
Part II, Scene 5 -- Tsar's Apartment in the Kremlin
Part III, Scene 6 -- Park of Marina's Palace, Poland
Part IV, Scene 7 -- Forest of Kromy near Moscow
Scene 7 -- Duma in the Kremlin
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1951_02_compressed.pdf
(6.18 MB)
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT We again acknowledge with grateful appreciation the generously donated use of the Emporium auditorium and facilities for chorus rehearsals this year which meant both a great convenience and a substantial saving to the Opera Company. SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION