[Met Performance] CID:251010
Boris Godunov {194} Metropolitan Opera House: 10/10/1977.

(Opening Night {93}
Anthony A. Bliss, General Manager

Debuts: Florence Quivar, Vern Shinall, Robert Sapolsky)


Metropolitan Opera House
October 10, 1977
Opening Night {93}

Anthony A. Bliss, General Director


BORIS GODUNOV {194}
Mussorgsky-Mussorgsky

Boris Godunov...........Martti Talvela
Prince Shuisky..........Robert Nagy
Pimen...................Paul Plishka
Grigory.................Wieslaw Ochman
Marina..................Florence Quivar [Debut]
Rangoni.................Vern Shinall [Debut]
Varlaam.................Marius Rintzler
Simpleton...............Andrea Velis
Nikitich................Andrij Dobriansky
Mitiukha................Philip Booth
Shchelkalov.............Arthur Thompson
Innkeeper...............Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
Missail.................Paul Franke
Officer.................Richard Best
Xenia...................Betsy Norden
Feodor..................Robert Sapolsky [Debut]
Nurse...................Shirley Love
Khrushchov..............Charles Kuestner
Lavitsky................Robert Goodloe
Chernikovsky............Charles Anthony
Boyar in Attendance.....Charles Kuestner

Conductor...............Kazimierz Kord

Production..............August Everding
Stage Director..........Phoebe Berkowitz
Set designer............Ming Cho Lee
Costume designer........Peter J. Hall
Choreographer...........George Balanchine

Boris Godunov received nineteen performances this season.


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1977-78
• Boris Godunov: Conductor [Kord, Kazimierz]
• Boris Godunov: Boris Godunov [Talvela, Martti]
• Boris Godunov: Prince Shuisky [Nagy, Robert]
• Boris Godunov: Pimen [Plishka, Paul]
• Boris Godunov: Grigory [Ochman, Wieslaw]
• Boris Godunov: Marina [Quivar, Florence]
• Boris Godunov: Rangoni [Shinall, Vern]
• Boris Godunov: Varlaam [Rintzler, Marius]
• Boris Godunov: Simpleton [Velis, Andrea]
• Boris Godunov: Nikitich [Dobriansky, Andrij]
• Boris Godunov: Mitiukha [Booth, Philip]
• Boris Godunov: Shchelkalov [Thompson, Arthur]
• Boris Godunov: Innkeeper [Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah]
• Boris Godunov: Missail [Franke, Paul]
• Boris Godunov: Officer [Best, Richard]
• Boris Godunov: Xenia [Norden, Betsy]
• Boris Godunov: Feodor [Sapolsky, Robert]
• Boris Godunov: Nurse [Love, Shirley]
• Boris Godunov: Boyar in Attendance/Khrushchov [Kuestner, Charles]
• Boris Godunov: Lavitsky [Goodloe, Robert]
• Boris Godunov: Chernikovsky [Anthony, Charles]
• Boris Godunov: Production [Everding, August]
• Boris Godunov: Choreographer [Balanchine, George]
• Boris Godunov: Set Designer [Lee, Ming Cho]
• Boris Godunov: Costume Designer [Hall, Peter J.]
• Boris Godunov: Stage Director [Berkowitz, Phebe]
• 1977-78: General Manager (Executive Director): Anthony A. Bliss
• Bliss, Anthony A.: General Manager (Executive Director): 1977-78
• 1977-78: Boris Godunov: 19 performances: Statistics
Met Careers
• Anthony, Charles [Tenor]
• Berkowitz, Phebe [Stage Director]
• Best, Richard [Bass]
• Bliss, Anthony A. [General Manager]
• Booth, Philip [Bass]
• Dobriansky, Andrij [Bass]
• Franke, Paul [Tenor]
• General Manager [Bliss, Anthony A.]
• Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah [Mezzo Soprano]
• Goodloe, Robert [Baritone]
• Kord, Kazimierz [Conductor]
• Kuestner, Charles [Tenor]
• Love, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano]
• Nagy, Robert [Tenor]
• Norden, Betsy [Soprano]
• Ochman, Wieslaw [Tenor]
• Plishka, Paul [Bass]
• Quivar, Florence [Mezzo Soprano]
• Rintzler, Marius [Bass]
• Sapolsky, Robert [Child, Male]
• Shinall, Vern [Baritone]
• Talvela, Martti [Bass]
• Thompson, Arthur [Baritone]
• Velis, Andrea [Tenor]