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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
Innkeeper
Varlaam
Missail
Frontier Guard
Marina Mnishek
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