Модест Петрович Мусоргский Борис Годунов Сан-Франциско 2020 / Borisz Godunov SanFrancisco

Opera in seven scenes by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. original 1869 version Libretto by the composer Based on the historical tragedy by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin and the History of the Russian State by Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin Boris Godunov CAST (in order of appearance) Nikitich, a police officer Kenneth Kellogg† Mityukha, a peasant Valery Portnov Shchelkalov, Secretary of the Duma Nicolai Janitzky* Prince Shuisky John Uhlenhopp* Boris Godunov Samuel Ramey Pimen, a monk and chronicler Vitalij Kowaljow Grigory (the Pretender Dimitri) Vsevolod Grivnov The innkeeper Catherine Cook Missail, a vagabond monk Matthew O’Neill Varlaam, a vagabond monk Vladimir Ognovenko Xenia, daughter of Boris Ji Young Yang† Fyodor, son of Boris Jack Gorlin Nurse Daveda Karanas*† The simpleton Andrew Bidlack† Boyars, children, guards, monks, police officers, citizens of Moscow, urchins *San Francisco Opera debut †Current Adler Fellow PLACE AND TIME: Russia, 1598–1605 SCENE 1: Outside the Novodyevichy Monastery, near Moscow SCENE 2: A square in the Kremlin, Moscow SCENE 3: A cell in the Chudov Monastery SCENE 4: An inn near the Lithuanian border —INTERMISSION— SCENE 5: The Tsar’s apartments in the Imperial Palace, Moscow SCENE 6: Outside of the Cathedral of St. Basil, Moscow SCENE 7: The Granovitaya Hall in the Kremlin