Boris Godunov

Item

Record ID

128

Identifier

11286

Genre

Opera

Work Title

Boris Godunov

Uniform Title

Boris Godunov

Program/Series Title

NBC Opera Company

Composer

Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881

Text Author

Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881 (libretto)

Language

English

Translation

Gutman, John

Production Year

1961

Transmission/Release Date

1961-03-26 (tape repeat 1962-11-18)

Transmission/Release Year

1961

Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform

NBC

Conductor/Music Director

Adler, Peter Herman, 1899-1990 (music and artistic director)

Orchestra

NBC Opera Orchestra

Chorus/Choir

NBC Opera Chorus

Soloists

Giorgio Tozzi (Boris) ; Jeannette Scovotti (Xenia) ; Jeffrey Mayer (Fjodor) ; Joan Caplan (Nurse) ; Andrew McKinley (Shuisky) ; Richard Torigi (Shchelkalov) ; Richard Cross (Pimen) ; Frank Porretta (Grigori/Dimitri) ; Gloria Lane (Marina) ; Lee Cass (Rangoni) ; Spiro Malas (Varlaam) ; Robert Schmorr (Missail) ; Tamara Bering (Innkeeper) ; Robert White (Simpleton) ; Richard Fredericks (Nikitich) ; Dan Merriman (Frontier Guard) ; John King ; Russell Christopher (2 Jesuits)

TV/Film Director

Browning, Kirk, 1921-

Sets

Wittstein, Ed

Production Company

NBC

Producer

Chotzinoff, Samuel, 1889-1964

Technical Information

Live studio production ; color

Other Information

In a 15 year run on NBC, the series was listed under three titles: NBC Opera Theatre, NBC Opera Company, and NBC Opera.

Duration

ca. 120'

Company

NBC Opera Company

Recorded

Studio

Archive

The Paley Center for Media (formerly Museum of Television & Radio)

Sourcemat

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