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
1973
Language
Russian
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Costumes
Projections
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Musical Preparation
Cast
Nikitich
Mityukha
Shchelkalov
Prince Shuisky
Boris Godunov
Pimen
Grigory
Innkeeper
Varlaam
Missail
Frontier Guard
Xenia
Nurse
Fyodor
Boyar
Marina Mnishek
Gwendolyn Killebrew(10/13,16)
Rangoni
Simpleton
Lavitsky
Chernikovsky
Khrushchov
Show Dates
Broadcast
10/19/1973, live broadcast, KKHI.
Time and Place
Russia and Poland; 1598-1605
Scenes
Prologue, Scene 1 -- Novodievichy Monastery near Moscow
Scene 2 -- A square in the Kremlin
Act I, Scene 1 -- A cell in the Chudov monastery
Scene 2 -- An inn near the Lithuanian border
Scene 3 -- The Tsar's apartments in the Kremlin
INTERMISSION
Act II, Scene 1 -- A palace in Poland
Scene 2 -- A palace garden
INTERMISSION
Act III, Scene 1 -- A square in Moscow in front of the church of St. Basil
Scene 2 -- The throne room in the Kremlin
Scene 3 -- The Kromy forest near Moscow
Media
Notes
10/19/1973, live broadcast, KKHI. Intermission interviews: #1 interview Evelyn Lear and Martti Talvela (guests); interview #2 Alfred Frankenstein and Fred Krock (guests).
Original version edited by Paul Lamm
Auxiliary chorus prepared by JOSEPH LIEBLING
Members of the San Francisco Boys Chorus, EDWIN FLATH, Director