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La Fanciulla del West (The Girl of the West)

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Wed, Mar 26, 2025, 19:30
California in 1850: hundreds of thousands have fallen for the gold rush – and some of them also for the barkeeper Minnie, at whose saloon various fortune seekers meet every evening. Among them is Sheriff Jack Rance. Minnie, however, falls in love with the stranger Dick Johnson. It soon turns out that Johnson is a wanted robber: the sheriff wants to see him hang and have Minnie to himself. A round of poker is to decide about Dick’s life: is... Read full text

Keywords: Opera

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Musicians

Paolo CarignaniMusical Director
Christian GüntherChorleitung
Anna PirozziMinnie
Claudio SguraJack Rance
Gregory KundeDick Johnson
Andrew DickinsonNick
Han KimAshby
Tigran MartirossianSonora
Paul KaufmannTrin
Nicholas MoggSid
Charles RiceBello
Mziwamadoda Sipho NodlayiyaHarry
N. N.Joe, José Castro, Postillon, Eine Stimme
William DesbiensHappy
Grzegorz PelutisLarkens
Mateusz ŁugowskiBilly Jackrabbit
Aebh KellyWowkle
David Minseok KangJake Wallace
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester HamburgOrchestra
Chor der Hamburgischen StaatsoperChorus

Program

La Fanciulla del West (The Girl of the West)Giacomo Puccini
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