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 1935 Language English Commission Engl. version by Edward Agate, revised by Emanuel Young Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Adolph Bolm Scenery and costumes designed by Nicholas Remisoff Chorus Master Antonio Dell'Orefice Cast King Dodon Douglas Beattie King Dodon (pantomime) Adolph Bolm Queen of Shémaka Emily Hardy Queen of Shémaka (pantomime) Maclovia Ruiz Astrologer Raymond Marlowe Astrologer (pantomime) George Bratoff General Polkan Oliver Jones General Polkan (pantomime) Nickolai Vasilieff Amelfa Eva Gruninger Amelfa (pantomime) Clare Lauché Prince Guidon C. Martin Friberg Prince Guidon (pantomime) Dimitri Romanoff Prince Afron (pantomime) Arnold Block First Boyar Albert Vannucci First Boyar (pantomime) James Starbuck Second Boyar Evaristo Alibertini Second Boyar (pantomime) Richard Siprelle Voice of the Golden Cock Querita Eybel Show Dates Mon, Dec 2 1935, 8pm Time and Place A Fairy Tale Scenes Act I -- Palace of King Dodon Act II -- A Mountain Pass Act II -- Palace of King Dodon Media Image Le Coq d'Or, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Le Coq d'Or, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Emily Hardy (Queen of Shamakha - Singer), Adolph Bolm (Dodon-Dancer) Credit Morton Image Le Coq d'Or, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Emily Hardy (Queen of Shamaka - Singer) Credit Morton Image Le Coq d'Or, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Emily Hardy (Queen of Shamaka - Singer), Adolph Bolm (Dodon-Dancer), Douglas Beattie (Dodon-Singer) Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1935_04_compressed.pdf (5.37 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Part II of a double bill, with "Suor Angelica" It was labeled an "Opera-Pantomime."
Image Le Coq d'Or, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Le Coq d'Or, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Emily Hardy (Queen of Shamakha - Singer), Adolph Bolm (Dodon-Dancer) Credit Morton
Image Le Coq d'Or, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Emily Hardy (Queen of Shamaka - Singer) Credit Morton
Image Le Coq d'Or, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Emily Hardy (Queen of Shamaka - Singer), Adolph Bolm (Dodon-Dancer), Douglas Beattie (Dodon-Singer) Credit Morton