[Met Performance] CID:330264
Boris Godunov {251} Metropolitan Opera House: 12/19/1997.

(Debuts: Constantin Pluzhnikov, Olga Borodina, Iosef Shalamayev, Nikolai Gassiev, Daniel Sumegi, Matthew Polenzani)


Metropolitan Opera House
December 19, 1997


BORIS GODUNOV {251}
Mussorgsky-Mussorgsky

Boris Godunov...........Samuel Ramey
Prince Shuisky..........Constantin Pluzhnikov [Debut]
Pimen...................Paul Plishka
Grigory.................Sergej Larin
Marina..................Olga Borodina [Debut]
Rangoni.................Sergei Leiferkus
Varlaam.................Vladimir Ognovenko
Simpleton...............Iosef Shalamayev [Debut]
Nikitich................Richard Vernon
Mitiukha................Hao Jiang Tian
Shchelkalov.............Alan Held
Innkeeper...............Sandra Walker
Missail................ Nikolai Gassiev [Debut]
Officer.................Daniel Sumegi [Debut]
Xenia...................Korliss Uecker
Feodor..................Nicholas Frisch
Nurse...................Jane Shaulis
Khrushchov..............Matthew Polenzani [Debut]
Lavitsky................Jung-Hack Seo
Chernikovsky............Tony Stevenson
Boyar in Attendance.....Anthony Dean Griffey

Conductor...............Valery Gergiev

Production..............August Everding
Polonaise Staged by.....George Balanchine
Set designer............Ming Cho Lee
Costume designer........Peter J. Hall
Stage Director..........Phebe Berkowitz

Boris Godunov received seven performances this season.

Note: Constantin Pluzhnikov's name was spelled Plujnikov in the program of his first six performances.

[Revised orchestration by Igor Buketoff]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1997-98
• Boris Godunov: Conductor [Gergiev, Valery]
• Boris Godunov: Boris Godunov [Ramey, Samuel]
• Boris Godunov: Prince Shuisky [Pluzhnikov, Constantin]
• Boris Godunov: Pimen [Plishka, Paul]
• Boris Godunov: Grigory [Larin, Sergej]
• Boris Godunov: Marina [Borodina, Olga]
• Boris Godunov: Rangoni [Leiferkus, Sergei]
• Boris Godunov: Varlaam [Ognovenko, Vladimir]
• Boris Godunov: Simpleton [Shalamayev, Iosef]
• Boris Godunov: Nikitich [Vernon, Richard]
• Boris Godunov: Mitiukha [Tian, Hao Jiang]
• Boris Godunov: Shchelkalov [Held, Alan]
• Boris Godunov: Innkeeper [Walker, Sandra]
• Boris Godunov: Missail [Gassiev, Nikolai]
• Boris Godunov: Officer [Sumegi, Daniel]
• Boris Godunov: Xenia [Uecker, Korliss]
• Boris Godunov: Feodor [Frisch, Nicholas]
• Boris Godunov: Nurse [Shaulis, Jane]
• Boris Godunov: Khrushchov [Polenzani, Matthew]
• Boris Godunov: Lavitsky [Seo, Jung-Hack]
• Boris Godunov: Chernikovsky [Stevenson, Tony]
• Boris Godunov: Boyar in Attendance [Griffey, Anthony Dean]
• Boris Godunov: Production [Everding, August]
• Boris Godunov: Stage Director [Berkowitz, Phebe]
• Boris Godunov: Choreographer [Balanchine, George]
• Boris Godunov: Set Designer [Lee, Ming Cho]
• Boris Godunov: Costume Designer [Hall, Peter J.]
• 1997-98: Boris Godunov: 7 performances: Statistics
Met Careers
• Berkowitz, Phebe [Stage Director]
• Borodina, Olga [Mezzo Soprano]
• Frisch, Nicholas [Child, Male]
• Gassiev, Nikolai [Tenor]
• Gergiev, Valery [Conductor]
• Griffey, Anthony Dean [Tenor]
• Held, Alan [Baritone]
• Larin, Sergej [Tenor]
• Leiferkus, Sergei [Baritone]
• Ognovenko, Vladimir [Bass]
• Plishka, Paul [Bass]
• Pluzhnikov, Constantin [Tenor]
• Polenzani, Matthew [Tenor]
• Ramey, Samuel [Bass]
• Seo, Jung-Hack [Baritone]
• Shalamayev, Iosef [Tenor]
• Shaulis, Jane [Mezzo Soprano]
• Stevenson, Tony [Tenor]
• Sumegi, Daniel [Bass Baritone]
• Tian, Hao Jiang [Bass]
• Uecker, Korliss [Soprano]
• Vernon, Richard [Bass]
• Walker, Sandra [Mezzo Soprano]