Girl of the Golden West Composer Giacomo Puccini Librettists Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini Based On the play by David Belasco Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1960 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Stage Director(s) Dino Yannopoulos Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Musical Preparation Philip Eisenberg Marcel Frank Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Minnie, owner of the Polka Bar Dorothy Kirsten Jack Rance, sheriff Tito Gobbi Dick Johnson, alias Ramerrez, an outlaw Sandor Konya Nick, bartender at the Polka Howard Fried Ashby, Wells Fargo Agent Lorenzo Alvary Sonora Ned Romero Trin Raymond Manton Sid Colin Harvey Handsome Donald Drain Harry Gilbert Russell Joe Orva Hoskinson Happy Andrew Foldi Larkens Winther Andersen Billy Jackrabbit Richard Wentworth Wowkle, Billy's Squaw Katherine Hilgenberg Jake Wallace, a minstrel James Standard José Castro, one of the Ramerrez gang Robert Anderson Postillion Thomas Caperello Show Dates Wed, Nov 2 1960, 8pm Time and Place In the Gold Rush days of 1849 in California. A mining camp at the foot of Cloudy Mountain. Scenes Act I -- The Polka Bar Act II -- Interior of Minnie's cabin Act III -- Foot of Cloudy Mountain at dawn Notes Major intermission after Act I