La Fanciulla del West

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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
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
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

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
INTERMISSION
Act II -- Interior of Minnie's cabin
Act III -- Foot of Cloudy Mountain at dawn

Media

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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