Opera in 3 acts
Libretto: Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini [Based: David Belasco: The girl of the golden west]
First performance: December 10, 1910, Metropolitan Opera, New York
Minnie - Mara Zampieri
Jack Rance - Juan Pons
Dick Johnson (Ramerrez) - Placido Domingo
Nick - Sergio Bertocchi
Ashby - Luigi Roni
Sonora - Antonio Salvadori
Puccini's Wild West opera has the California gold rush as its dramatic backdrop for a story in which Minnie, the only woman in a mining camp, gambles on her one chance of happiness. Lorin Maazel conducts a fine cast in Jonathan Miller's 1991 production of the compelling and evocative opera, which Puccini himself considered his best work. |
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