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Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1984-1985
Language
Russian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Supertitles

Cast

Kuzka, a Streltsy sentry
First Strelets
Second Strelets
The Scrivener
Boyar Feodor Shaklovity
Prince Ivan Khovansky, leader of the Streltsy
Emma, a young girl from the German Quarter
Prince Andrei Khovansky, Prince Ivan's son
Dosifei, spiritual head of the Old Believers
Prince Vassily Golitsin, Keeper of the Great Seal
Golitsin's servant
Varsonofiev
Susanna, an elderly Old Believer
Streshnev, a herald
Peter the Great
Solo Dancer(s)

Show Dates

Broadcast

9/26/1987 archival broadcast, KKHI and WFMT.

Time and Place

Russia; 1682-1689

Scenes

Act I -- The Great Square, Moscow
Act II, Scene 1 -- Prince Golitsin's study
Scene 2 -- The Streltsy Quarter, Moscow
Act III, Scene 1 -- A room in Prince Phovansky's palace
Scene 2 -- The Great Square
Scene 3 -- A forest near Moscow

Media

Acknowledgements

The San Francisco presentation of this production is made possible through the generosity of the L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation

Legacy Commission

Version edited and orchestrated by Dmitri Shostakovich

Notes

9/26/1987 archival broadcast, locally on KKHI; also on WFMT Chicago.  (Several years later, Mr. McEwen selected a number of operas from various seasons for broadcasts, including the 1984 Khovanshchina.) 

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Anne Foote
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Peter Childers
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Louise Russo
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Lisa Waters
Carolyn Waugh

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Martin Doyle
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