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 1938 Language French Commission Engl. version by Edward Agate, revised by Emanuel Young Creative/Crew Conductor Gennaro Papi Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master William Tyroler Designer Nicholas Remisoff Costumers Goldstein & Co. Incidental Dances created by Willam Christensen Cast Queen of Shémaka Lily Pons King Dodon Ezio Pinza Astrologer Nicholas Massue General Polkan Norman Cordon Amelfa Doris Doe Voice of the Golden Cockerel Thelma Votipka Show Dates Thu, Nov 3 1938, 8:30pm 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, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Stilt Walker Credit Morton Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Dodon) Credit Morton Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lily Pons (Queen of Shamakha), Ezio Pinza (Dodon) Credit Morton Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lily Pons (Queen of Shamakha), Ezio Pinza (Dodon) Credit Morton Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lily Pons (Queen of Shamakha), Ezio Pinza (Dodon) Credit Morton Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Norman Cordon (General Polkan) Credit Morton Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1938_05_compressed.pdf (7.26 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- The French text is translated from the Russian by Edward Agate Scenery executed in the studio of the San Francisco Opera Association
Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Stilt Walker Credit Morton
Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Dodon) Credit Morton
Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lily Pons (Queen of Shamakha), Ezio Pinza (Dodon) Credit Morton
Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lily Pons (Queen of Shamakha), Ezio Pinza (Dodon) Credit Morton
Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lily Pons (Queen of Shamakha), Ezio Pinza (Dodon) Credit Morton
Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Norman Cordon (General Polkan) Credit Morton
Image Le Coq d'Or, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Morton