Claire Rutter as Minnie and Greer Grimsley as Jack Rance in the Minnesota Opera production of La fanciulla del West
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini
Based on the play The Girl of the Golden West by David Belasco
World premiere at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, December 10, 1910
Creative Team
Conductor – Michael Christie
Stage Director – Doug Scholz-Carlson
Scenic Designer – Raffaele Del Salvio
Costume Designer – Mathew J. LeFebvre
The Cast
Bello, a miner – Benjamin Dutcher
Joe, a miner – Matthew Opitz
Harry, a miner – Robb Asklof
Nick, the bartender at the Polka saloon – John Robert Lindsey
Happy, a miner – Joel Mathias
Sid, a miner – Alex Ritchie
Sonora, a miner – Andrew Lovato
Trin, a miner – Cooper Nolan
Larkens, a miner – Nicholas Nelson
Jack Rance, the sheriff – Greer Grimsley
Jake Wallace, a traveling singer – Gerard Michael DÕEmilio
Ashby, a Wells Fargo agent – Christian Zaremba
Minnie – Claire Rutter
A Pony Express rider – David Walton
Dick Johnson/Ramerrez, a bandit – Rafael Davila
Jos Castro, one of RamerrezÕs band – Rodolfo Nieto
Wowkle – Bergen Baker
Billy Jackrabbit – Gerard Michael DÕEmilio
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