. The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records . .75 10-inch, .75 10-inch, .75 12-inch, 35603 12-inch, v ~w~ . - ^^IntSt Krh ■ lies t ^T&WIm * * uM. m^^^nBi jEtMp^ ..,, U Mfr*-M? THE ABDUCTION OF ARLINE-50 BORIS GODOUNOW (Boh-rees God-doo-noh) OPERA IN THREE ACTS Text arranged by Moussorgsky, based on a historical drama by the famous Russianpoet, Poushkin. Music by Modeste Moussorgsky. Portions of the opera were given atSt. Petersburg in February, 1873
. The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records . .75 10-inch, .75 10-inch, .75 12-inch, 35603 12-inch, v ~w~ . - ^^IntSt Krh ■ lies t ^T&WIm * * uM. m^^^nBi jEtMp^ ..,, U Mfr*-M? THE ABDUCTION OF ARLINE-50 BORIS GODOUNOW (Boh-rees God-doo-noh) OPERA IN THREE ACTS Text arranged by Moussorgsky, based on a historical drama by the famous Russianpoet, Poushkin. Music by Modeste Moussorgsky. Portions of the opera were given atSt. Petersburg in February, 1873, but the production of the work in its entirety was delayeduntil January 24, 1874. Produced at Moscow in 1889. In 1896 the orchestration was some-what revised by the composers friend, Rimsky-Korsakoff. Given at Paris in 1908 by a Russianopera company, with Chaliapine in the title role. First American production at the Metro-politan Opera House, New York, November 19, 1913, with the original costumes and scenerypainted for the Paris production. First Philadelphia production, March 10, 1914, whenMme. Ober appeared for the first time in the role of HOMER AS MARINA Time an Characters (With the Cast of the First American Production)BORIS GODOUNOW, Regent of Russia Adamo Didur XENIA, his daughter Leonora Sparkes THEODORE, his son Anna Case THE NURSE Maria Duchene MARINA Louise Homer CHOU1SKY Angelo Bada DIM1TRI Paul Althouse VARLAAM Andrea de Segurola MlSSAIL Pietro Audisio TCHELKALOFF Vincenzo Reschiglian PlMENN Leon Rothier A Simpleton Albert Reiss A Police Officer Giulio Rossi TWO JESUITS j^ouis Kreidler J {Vincenzo Keschiglian d Place : About I 600; on the border of Poland. Moussorgskys masterly opera is intenselyRussian in character, and relates actual eventsin the history of Russia during the reign of theCzar Feodor, son of Ivan the Terrible, whileBoris Godounow was acting regent. Moussorg-sky has simplified Poushkins text somewhat,and has written a prologue to prec
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