At The Opera, Puccini: La Fanciulla del West, January 2, 2016
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La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the West) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini, based on the play The Girl of the Golden West by the American author David Belasco. Fanciulla followed Madama Butterfly.
La fanciulla del West was commissioned by, and first performed at, the Metropolitan Opera in New York on December 10, 1910 with Met stars Enrico Caruso and Emmy Destinn for whom Puccini created the leading roles of Dick Johnson and Minnie.
Minnie: Renata Tebaldi
Jack Rance: Cornell MacNeil
Dick Johnson (Ramerez) Mario del Monaco
Nick: Piero di Palma
Jake Wallace: Giorgio Tozzi
Coro del Accademia di Santa Cecilia
Orchestra del Accademia di Santa Cecilia
Dirigent: Franco Capuano
8:00 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
8:11 p.m.
Renata Tebaldi
G. Puccini
La Fanciulla del West
Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma; Franco Capuana, conductor Tebaldi / Del Monaco
10:45 p.m.
Amelita Galli-Curci
Gounod
Romeo Et Juliette: Je Veux Vivre Dans Ce Reve
10:48 p.m.
Amelita Galli-Curci
Auber
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10:51 p.m.
Amelita Galli-Curci
Rossini
Il Barbiere Di Siviglia: Una Voce Poco Fa
10:55 p.m.
Amelita Galli-Curci
Meyerbeer
Dinorah: Ombra Leggiera
11:00 p.m.
Florence Foster Jenkins
Mozart
Queen Of The Night Aria [From The Magic Flute]
11:04 p.m.
Florence Foster Jenkins
Serenata Mexicana, for voice & piano
11:15 p.m.
Jon Vickers
Sain-Saens
Arretez, O Mes Freres! Samson and Dalila
; George Pretre, conductor
11:47 p.m.
Carlo Bergonzi
Manon Lescaut, opera: Donna non vidi mai
11:49 p.m.
Maria Chiara
I Vespri siciliani, Bolero: Merce dilette amiche
11:53 p.m.
Ghiaurov
Faust, opera: Le Veau d'or (Song of the Golden Calf)
11:56 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
