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La Fanciulla del West

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Girl of the Golden West
Based On

the play by David Belasco

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1979
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Designers
Lighting Designer
Assistant to the Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter and Musical Preparation

Cast

Handsome
Billy Jackrabbit
Sonora
Larkens
Sheriff Jack Rance
Jake Wallace
Minnie
U.S. postman
Dick Johnson, alias Ramerrez
José Castro

Show Dates

Broadcast

11/2/1979, live broadcast, KKHI, NPR.

Time and Place

Mid-nineteenth-century California

Scenes

Act I -- The barroom of The Polka saloon
Act II -- Minnie's cabin
Act III -- The mining camp

Media

Acknowledgements

The presentation of this production of "La Fanciulla del West" is made possible by a much appreciated grant from the Bernard Osher Foundation. The production is owned by the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and was made possible by a grant from the Gramma Fisher Foundation of Marshalltown, Iowa.

Notes

11/2/1979, live broadcast, KKHI, NPR. Intermission  interviews: #1 Hal Prince and Ed Hastings (guests), #2  Carol Neblett and Placido Domingo (guests).

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