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La Fanciulla del West doesn't reach the stage very often, for a number of reasons.(On the Beat)(Brief Article)
La Fanciulla del West doesn't reach the stage very often, for a number of reasons. Chief among them is the expense--the opera calls for a huge cast. (There are fourteen secondary characters). But there's also the not-so-minor detail that very few people can sing the demanding leading roles of Minnie the cardsharp and Dick Johnson the outlaw. On November 22, Opera Orchestra of New York, under the direction of EVE QUELER, will take a fling at Puccini's horse opera, with a cast headed by APRILE MILLO and CARL TANNER.
Tanner has an unusual qualification for the role of Dick. Some years ago, he supported himself as a bounty hunter. "Most artists need to find some way of making a ...
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- Magazine article from: Opera News Siff, Ira December 1, 2009 700+ words
OPERA AND ORATORIO PUCCINI: La Fanciulla del West Dessì; F. Armillato, Gallo; Orchestra and Chorus...Mercurio. Texts, no translations. Decca 476 6378 La Fanciulla del West is such a bold work, so full of broad orchestral...
- La fanciulla del West: Andrea Gruber (Minnie), Richard Margison (Ramerrez,...
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Jordan, Robert September 22, 2004 700+ words
Puccini's La fanciulla del West is a remarkably successful opera--even the amusing "Whiskey per tutti!" interjections and lack of overtly memorable...
- Puccini e la fanciulla
- Magazine article from: Cineforum Anonymous November 1, 2008 700+ words
...aristocratica ai bordi di un lago. Puccini e la fanciulla fa respirare l'atmosfera di un'epoca...esaltandone l'aspetto plastico. Puccini e la fanciulla si avvale infatti d'immagini di grande...compositore Puccini. [Sidebar] Puccini e la fanciulla di Paolo Benvenuti. Sotto, Gullala...
- Fanciulla del West, La
- Reference information from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera JOHN WARRACK and EWAN WEST January 1, 1996 700+ words
Fanciulla del West, La ( The Girl of the [Golden] West ). Opera in 3 acts by Puccini; text by Civinini and Zangarini, after Belasco's...
- Puccini and the Girl: History and Reception of The Girl of the Golden...
- Magazine article from: Notes Simonson, Mary September 1, 2006 700+ words
...Puccini to Carlo Zangarini, La fanciulla del West's librettist, written...account of the events" surrounding La fanciulla's conception, composition...Metropolitan Opera archives concerning La fanciulla's 1910 premiere, programs...
- Puccini, Giacomo
- Reference information from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera JOHN WARRACK and EWAN WEST January 1, 1996 700+ words
...Puccini eventually settled on La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the [Golden...fluent musical construction, La fanciulla del West is a major advance and...faintly mawkish overtones, and La fanciulla del West , a somewhat sub-Wagnerian...
- Prospectors strike gold with Puccini; OPERA.
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) June 11, 2004 700+ words
Byline: NICK KIMBERLEY La Fanciulla del West Opera Holland Park JAPAN in Madam Butterfly...location mattered to Puccini, nowhere more so than in La Fanciulla del West, which is set in gold-rush California. As...
- OPERA
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London EDWARD SECKERSON July 13, 1994 700+ words
...Great Operatic Entrances. And when they do, Minnie, La Fanciulla del West, will be right up there in pride of place. With...big tunes for the big country. Having said that, La Fanciulla del West is about as American as Sergio Leone. Throwing...
