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 1966 Language English Creative/Crew Conductor Horst Stein Production Dino Yannopoulos Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Zachary Solov Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Police Officer Clifford Grant Peasant Winther Andersen Peasant girl Ann Moore Shchelkalov Adib Fazah Prince Shuisky Howard Fried Boris Godunov Chester Ludgin Brother Pimen Ara Berberian Brother Grigori, later Dimitri Richard Cassilly Innkeeper Sona Cervena Varlaam Ramon Vinay Missail Raymond Manton Frontier Guard Clifford Grant Marina Mnishek Janis Martin Rangoni Morley Meredith Xenia Gwen Curatilo Fyodor Dorothy Krebill Nurse Dorothy Cole Boyar L. D. Clements Simpleton David Thaw Jesuit David Giosso Clifford Grant Show Dates Tue, Oct 11 1966, 8pm Fri, Oct 14 1966, 8pm Thu, Oct 20 1966, 8pm Sun, Oct 23 1966, 2pm Time and Place Russia and Poland; 1598-1605 Scenes Prologue, Scene 1 -- A monastery near Moscow Scene 2 -- A square in the Kremlin Act I, Scene 1 -- A cell in a monastery Scene 2 -- An inn near the Polish border INTERMISSION Act II, Scene 1 -- A palace in Poland Scene 2 -- A palace garden Scene 3 -- The Tsar's apartment in the Kremlin INTERMISSION Act III, Scene 1 -- A square in Moscow Scene 2 -- The throne room in the Kremlin Scene 3 -- The Kromy forest near Moscow Media Image Boris Godunov, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Dennis Galloway/San Francisco Opera. Sona Cervena (The Innkeeper), Ramon Vinay (Varlaam) Credit Galloway Image Boris Godunov, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Dennis Galloway/San Francisco Opera. Dorothy Krebill (Fyodor), Chester Ludgin (Boris) Credit Galloway Image Boris Godunov, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Chester Ludgin (Boris) Credit Unknown Image Boris Godunov, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Janis Martin (Marina), Jeanine Liagre, Sally Winnington (Chorus) Credit Unknown Image Boris Godunov, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Araa Berberian (Br. Pimen), Chester Ludgin (Boris) Credit Unknown Image Boris Godunov, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Morley Meredith (Rangoni), Janis Martin (Marina) Credit Unknown Image Boris Godunov, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Dorothy Cole (The Nurse) Credit Unknown Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1966_02_compressed.pdf (9.97 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Shostakovich version; English text by John Gutman Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image Boris Godunov, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Dennis Galloway/San Francisco Opera. Sona Cervena (The Innkeeper), Ramon Vinay (Varlaam) Credit Galloway
Image Boris Godunov, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Dennis Galloway/San Francisco Opera. Dorothy Krebill (Fyodor), Chester Ludgin (Boris) Credit Galloway
Image Boris Godunov, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Chester Ludgin (Boris) Credit Unknown
Image Boris Godunov, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Janis Martin (Marina), Jeanine Liagre, Sally Winnington (Chorus) Credit Unknown
Image Boris Godunov, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Araa Berberian (Br. Pimen), Chester Ludgin (Boris) Credit Unknown
Image Boris Godunov, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Morley Meredith (Rangoni), Janis Martin (Marina) Credit Unknown
Image Boris Godunov, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Dorothy Cole (The Nurse) Credit Unknown