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The Girl of the Golden West is a fast-moving tale of love, jealousy, gambling, banditry and violence and their effect on a tight knit community. Despite the odds, the intrepid and resourceful frontierswoman Minnie gets her feller. Highly dramatic and brilliantly orchestrated La fanciulla del West was first staged in New York in 1910. It followed close on the heels of Puccini's huge success with Madama Butterfly. Sung in Italian with English surtitles. New Production

Performers Ssannah Glanville (Minnie), Jeff Gwaltney (Dick Johnson), Simon Thorpe (Jack Rance), Neal Cooper (Nick), Nicholas Garrett (Sonora), Jung Soo Yun (Trin), Peter Brathwaite (Sid), James Harrison (Bello), Oliver Brignall (Harry), Edward Hughes (Joe), John Lofthouse (Happy), Aidan Smith (Jim Larkens), Graeme Broadbent (Ashby), Laura Woods (Wowkle), Tom Stoddart (Billy Jackrabbit), Simon Wilding (Jake Wallace), Ian Beadle (Jake Wallace - Jun 19/21), Henry Grant Kerswell (Jose Castro), Michael Bradley (Pony Express Rider).
Music Puccini. Lyrics Guelfo Civinini. Lyrics Carlo Zangarini (after David Belasco's play The Girl of the Golden West). Corporate Sponsor Investec Wealth & Investment. Producer Opera Holland Park. Conductor Stuart Stratford. Director Stephen Barlow. Design Yannis Thavoris. Lighting Richard Howell. Conductor Timothy Burke (Jun 19). Director Alison de Burgh (fight). Company City of Lodon Sinfonia. Company Opera Holland Park Chorus.