Name: La fanciulla del West
Start: 2022-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Staatsoper Unter den Linden

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Festtage Berlin

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Baritone

Lukasz Goliński

Sonora

Jaka Mihelač

Bass

Frederic Jost

Jose Castro

Conductor

Antonio Pappano

Lighting designer

Olaf Freese

Dramaturge

Benjamin Wäntig

Chorus master

Martin Wright

STUNT-KOORDINATOR

Ran Arthur Braun

Soprano

Anja Kampe

Minnie

Tenor

Marcelo Álvarez

Dick Johnson

Stephan Rügamer

Nick

Michael Volle

Jack Rance

Viktor Rud

Happy

Andrés Moreno García

Adam Kutny

Bello

Florian Hoffmann

Harry

David Oštrek

Jim Larkens

Siyabonga Maqungo

Trin

Jan Martinik

Ashby

Zilvinas Miskinis

Billy Jackrabbit

Mezzo-soprano

Natalia Skrycka

Wowkle

Grigory Shkarupa

Jake Wallace

Spencer Britten

The Pony Express rider

Stage director

Lydia Steier

Costume designer

David Zinn

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Momme Hinrichs

Stunt Coordinator

Libretto

Guelfo Civinini

Carlo Zangarini

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La fanciulla del West -  (The Girl of the Golden West)

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Staatsoper Unter den Linden

La fanciulla del West Puccini

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The Girl of the Golden West

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Welcome to our first episode of OPERA IN A NUTSHELL - Opera explained in 5 minutes! Spencer Britten, tenor from our Opera Studio, explains, sings, and slips into a dozen roles to introduce you to Puccini's LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST, which premieres with us on Sunday. Have fun! Welcome to our first episode of OPERA IN A NUTSHELL - Opera Explained in 5 Minutes! Spencer Britten, tenor from our opera studio, explains, sings and slips into a dozen roles to make Puccini's LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST palatable to you, which premieres here on Sunday. Have fun!

Opera in a nutshell | THE GIRL OF THE WEST

California, at the heyday of the Gold Rush: the place of people’s dreams turns out to be an inexorable wasteland, governed by the law of the jungle. Minnie’s bar is the only place where people live in peaceful coexistence. It is revered by gold seekers and fiercely presided over by the gruff Sheriff Rance. But when Minnie falls in love with a stranger who turns out to be the notorious bandit Johnson, the fragile community is turned upside down.

Giacomo Puccini’s works, especially his arias from »La Bohème«, »Tosca« and »Madama Butterfly«, are among the most played operas. »La Fanciulla del West«, by contrast, which was premiered at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1910, stands so much in the shadow of his other operas that it is only being performed at Unter den Linden now for the first time. At first glance, Puccini’s Wild West opera, in which the outcasts of society meet in search of wealth and a stroke of luck, has fewer moments of poetry and melody than most of his operas. On the other hand, he succeeded in creating a portrait of a community full of hardship and shattered dreams. The composer was rightly proud of his score’s refined timbres. Anton von Webern, who was not renowned for his affinity with Italian opera, commented appreciatively: »The score has an entirely original sound. Magnificent. Every beat is surprising. Very special sounds.«

The Girl of the Golden West by Puccini, Sat 04 Jun 2022, From (2022/2022), Directed by Lydia Steier,, Conductor Antonio Pappano, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany

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