San Francisco War Memorial 1961 Boris Godunov Page 1 of 2 Opera Assn. Opera House Boris Godunov (in English) Opera in three acts by Modest Mussorgsky Libretto by Modest Mussorgsky Text translated by John Gutman Conductor CAST Leopold Ludwig A police officer Gino Leonetti Stage director Andrei Shchelkalov, Secretary of the Duma Claude Heater Dino Yannopoulos Prince Shuisky, court adviser to Boris Herbert Handt Chorus Director Boris Godunov, regent of Russia Giorgio Tozzi Vincenzo Giannini Pimen, a monk and historian Joshua Hecht Choreographer Grigori, a novice (later Dimitri, the pretender) Albert Lance Lew Christensen The innkeeper Katherine Hilgenberg Costumers Varlaam Kieth Engen Goldstein & Co. Missail Howard Fried Frontier guard Andrew Foldi Xenia, daughter of Boris Gwen Curatilo Xenia's nurse Janis Martin Fyodor, son of Boris Margot Blum Boyar Khrushchev Raymond Nilsson Marina Mnishek, daughter of a Polish landowner Irene Dalis Marilyn Horne (10/13) Rangoni, a Jesuit priest Plinio Clabassi A fool Raymond Manton Lavitsky Donald Drain Chernikovsky Gino Leonetti A peasant Karl Woellhaf Athena Knyiados Eloise Farrell Winther Andersen *Role debut †U.S. opera debut PLACE AND TIME: About 1600; Russia and Poland Thursday, September 21 1961, at 8:00 PM PROLOGUE, Scene 1 -- Outside a monastery near Moscow Friday, October 13 1961, at 8:00 PM Scene 2 -- Cathedral square in Moscow Act I, Scene 1 -- A cell in the monastery of the Miracle at Night, six years later Scene 2 -- Inn on the Lithuanian frontier INTERMISSION Act II, Scene 1 -- In the Kremlin Scene 2 -- Marina's palace in Poland Scene 3 -- Near Marina's palace INTERMISSION Act III, Scene 1 -- Forest of Kromy near Moscow Scene 2 -- Duma in the Kremlin San Francisco War Memorial 1961 Boris Godunov Page 2 of 2 Opera Assn. Opera House Sponsors: Notes: Rimsky-Korsakov version San Francisco Opera Boys Chorus Madi Bacon, Director Corps de Ballet Kieth Engen's first name IS correctly spelled. He changed the spelling during his career in German opera houses..