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Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini. Libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini based on David Belasco’s play The Girl of the Golden West. In the wake of the first literary westerns and as cinema began to exploit the genre, Puccini gave opera its first ever western: a tale of souls stranded at the edge of the world, a tale of laughter and of tears, both exotic and overwhelming. First performed at the Metropolitan Opera of New York in 1910, this genuine masterpiece finally enters the repertoire of the Paris Opera. 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 recognise the true heart beneath the rough exterior and realise the possibility of happiness.
Nina Stemme: Minnie | Claudio Sgura: Jack Rance | Marco Berti: Dick Johnson | Roman Sadnik: Nick | Andrea Mastroni: Ashby | Andre 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 | Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor : Carlo Rizzi | Staging: Nikolaus Lehnhoff | Sets: Raimund Bauer | Costumes: Andrea Schmidt -Futterer | Lighting: Duane Schuler | Video: Jonas Gerberding | Choreography: Denni Sayers | Chorus master: Patrick Marie Aubert
Italian
English, French
Production compagny : CLC productions
Coproduction compagny : Opéra national de Paris with the participation of France TélévisionS
Running Time : 1x130'
Production Year : 2014
Distribution compagny : Telmondis Distribution
Video Format : HD CAM, Digibeta 16/9