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 Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House 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 11 1955, 8pm Sat, Oct 15 1955, 8pm 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 Media Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1955. Photographer: Maria Jeanette/San Francisco Opera. Margaret Roggero (Amelfa) Credit Maria Jeanette Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1955. Photographer: Maria Jeanette/San Francisco Opera. Mattiwilda Dobbs (Queen of Shemakha) Credit Maria Jeanette Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1955. Photographer: Maria Jeanette/San Francisco Opera. Walter Fredericks (Guidon), Heinz Blankenburg (Afron) Credit Maria Jeanette Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1955. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (King Dodon) Credit Lackenbach Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1955. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Raymond Manton (The Astrologer), Mattiwilda Dobbs (Queen of Shemakha), Lorenzo Alvary (King Dodon) Credit Lackenbach Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1955. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Raymond Manton (The Astrologer) Credit Lackenbach Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1955_05_compressed.pdf (9.64 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Part I of a double bill, with "Pagliacci" Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1955. Photographer: Maria Jeanette/San Francisco Opera. Margaret Roggero (Amelfa) Credit Maria Jeanette
Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1955. Photographer: Maria Jeanette/San Francisco Opera. Mattiwilda Dobbs (Queen of Shemakha) Credit Maria Jeanette
Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1955. Photographer: Maria Jeanette/San Francisco Opera. Walter Fredericks (Guidon), Heinz Blankenburg (Afron) Credit Maria Jeanette
Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1955. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (King Dodon) Credit Lackenbach
Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1955. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Raymond Manton (The Astrologer), Mattiwilda Dobbs (Queen of Shemakha), Lorenzo Alvary (King Dodon) Credit Lackenbach
Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1955. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Raymond Manton (The Astrologer) Credit Lackenbach