La Fanciulla del West: Paris Opera

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With La Fanciulla del West, Puccini gave opera its first Western, a drama of souls stranded on the edge of the world. First performed at the Metropolitan Opera of New York in 1910, this genuine masterpiece finally enters the repertoire of the Paris Opera, with Nina Stemme in the title role.

In a saloon bar known as The Polka, gold diggers brood over mothers left behind in Italy whilst Minnie, behind the bar, reads to them from the Bible. Love will come to Minnie in the guise of a criminal but, seeing beyond mere appearances, she will recognize the true heart beneath the rough exterior and realize the possibility of happiness.

Performed in Italian

Carlo Rizzi: Conductor
Nikolaus Lehnhoff: Stage director
Raimund Bauer: Sets
Andrea Schmidt‐Futterer: Costumes
Duane Schuler: Lighting
Jonas Gerberding: Video
Denni Sayers: Choreography
Patrick Marie Aubert: Chorus master

Nina Stemme: Minnie
Claudio Sgura: Jack Rance
Marco Berti: Dick Johnson
Roman Sadnik: Nick
Andrea Mastroni: Ashby
André Heyboer: Sonora
Emanuele Giannino: Trin
Roberto Accurso: Sid
Igor Gnidii: Bello
Eric Huchet: Harry
Rodolphe Briand: Joe
Enrico Marabelli: Happy
Wenwei Zhang: Larkens
Ugo Rabec: Billy Jackrabbit
Anna Pennisi: Wowkle
Alexandre Duhamel: Jake Wallace
Matteo Peirone: José Castro