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Boris Godunov

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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
2008-2009
Language
Russian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Director
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Fight Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Supertitles
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Costume Supervisor
Wig and Makeup Designer
Production Super Captain

Cast

Nikitich, a police officer
Mityukha, a peasant
Shchelkalov, Secretary of the Duma
Prince Shuisky
Boris Godunov
Pimen, a monk and chronicler
Grigory (the Pretender Dimitri)
Innkeeper
Missail, a vagabond monk
Varlaam, a vagabond monk
Xenia, daughter of Boris
Fyodor, son of Boris
Simpleton

Show Dates

Broadcast

4/5/2009 delayed broadcast, KDFC; 9/12/2009 WFMT.

Time and Place

Russia, 1598-1605

Scenes

Scene 1 -- Outside the Novodyevichy Monastery, near Moscow
Scene 2 -- A square in the Kremlin, Moscow
Scene 3 -- A cell in the Chudov Monastery
Scene 4 -- An inn near the Lithuanian border
INTERMISSION
Scene 5 -- The Tsar's apartments in the Imperial Palace, Moscow
Scene 6 -- Outside of the Cathedral of St. Basil, Moscow
Scene 7 -- The Granovitaya Hall in the Kremlin

Media

Acknowledgements

Company sponsor Mrs. Edmund W. Littlefield is proud to support this production This production is made possible, in part, by The Bernard Osher Endowment Fund

Legacy Commission

Original 1869 version

Notes

4/5/2009 delayed broadcast, KDFC; 9/12/2009 WFMT.

Originally produced by Grand Théâtre de Genève

Supertitles, Courtesy of Houston Grand Opera

SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS
Melanie Smith, Executive Director
Chloe Billings
Sofia Colosimo
Teresa Dayrit
Megan DeVecchi
Emma Fulweiler
Kieran Hughes
Mia Laurea
Julia Murphy
Flavia Purpura-Pontoniere
Adair Rosin
Madeleine Schieber
Ali Tamayo
Kaitlyn Tsuyuki

SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS
Ian Robertson, Executive Director
Clarens Caine
Sean Dow
Ryan Hedrick
Brandon Johnson
Hans Oberschlep
Kyle Reidy
Tiberio Visona
Michael Wang
Zachary Weisberg
Cole Wyman