La Fanciulla del West - Met Opera (2 DVD)
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Description
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Conductor: Nicola Luisotti
Artists: Deborah Voigt, Marcello Giordani, Lucio Gallo
Production: Giancarlo del Monaco
Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Run Time: 143 minutes
Language: English
Subtitles: Italian, German, English
Region: Region Free, Worldwide
Deborah Voight sings the title role in this Met Opera production Puccini's wild west classic. Extras: Backstage at the Met with Deborah Voigt, Marcello Giordani and others.
Acclaim for this Fanciulla from The New York Times:
"I cannot think of a soprano who can sing any better this demanding role. What wins you over is Voight's deep feeling for the character. The role of Johnson gives Giordani ample opportunities to luxuriate in tenorial top notes and unleash impassioned phrases. Gallo is a coolly menacing Jack Rance. Thanks in large part to the stylish, nuanced and sensitive conducting of Nicola Luisotti, the score emerged as arguably Puccini's most subtly written and boldly modern music".
History
La Fanciulla del West
Giacomo Puccini’s “American” opera, La Fanciulla del West, made its glamorous and much-publicized world premier in 1910 at the Met with the composer seated in the audience.
This romantic epic of the Wild West takes place in the mountains of California during the Gold Rush between 1849-1850 in a fictional setting, which features a combination of mythic and gritty realistic elements.
Most of the action in this three-act opera centers around the Polka Saloon where miners gather to drink, sing and play cards. It is there that Sherriff Jack Rance confesses his love to the gun-slinging heroine, Minnie— “Minnie, della mia casa” —but she spurns him, determined to win the man she loves, Dick Johnson. She does, but learns later he is the outlaw bandit being hunted. In the end, thanks to the mercy given by the miners, the couple rides away to start a new life together.
La Fanciulla del West was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera with Met stars Enrico Caruso and Emmy Destinn for whom Puccini created the leading roles of Dick Johnson and Minnie.
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