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
1953
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director
Settings designed by
Settings painted by
Cast
Boris Godunov, Regent of Russia
Teodoro, his son -- Fyodor
Xenia, his daughter
Nurse
Shuisky
Shchelkalov
Brother Pimen
Dimitri
Marina
Rangoni
Varlaam
Missail
Innkeeper
Simpleton
Police Officer
Frontier Guard
Boyar in Waiting
Lavitsky
Cherniakovsky
Boyar
Marina's Lady-in-waiting
Solo Dancer(s)
Show Dates
Time and Place
About 1600; Moscow and Lithuanian Frontier
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 Lithuanian Frontier
Part II, Scene 5 -- Tsar's Apartment in the Kremlin
Scene 6 -- Park of Marina's Palace, Poland
Part III, Scene 7 -- Forest of Kromy near Moscow
Scene 8 -- Duma in the Kremlin
Media
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1953_05_compressed.pdf
(8.12 MB)
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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The Company General Director Gaetano Merola died on August 20th, while conducting Butterfly's "Un bel dì" in San Francisco's Stern Grove.
The entire 1953 season was labeled "Gaetano Merola, 1879-1953 -- In Memoriam."
Boys selected from the San Francisco Boys Chorus