The Golden Cockerel Composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Librettist Vladimir Bielsky Based On Bielsky's text, after Alexander Pushkin's 1834 poem, The Tale of the Golden Cockerel Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1955 Language English Commission Engl. version by Edward Agate, revised by Emanuel Young Creative/Crew Conductor Erich Leinsdorf Stage Director(s) Carlo Piccinato Chorus Director Leo Mueller Choreographer Lew Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Queen of Shémaka Mattiwilda Dobbs King Dodon Lorenzo Alvary Astrologer Raymond Manton General Polkan Giorgio Tozzi Amelfa Margaret Roggero Voice of the Golden Cockerel Ruth Roehr Afron Heinz Blankenburg Guidon Walter Fredericks First Boyar Willis Frost Second Boyar Winther Andersen Solo Dancer (Cockerel) Carlos Carvajal Show Dates Tue, Oct 25 1955, 10:30am Time and Place A Fairy Tale Scenes Act I -- Palace of King Dodon Act II -- A Narrow Gorge in a Mountain Pass Act III -- Same as Act I Notes Corps de Ballet