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The Metropolitan Opera’s production of La Fanciulla del West will air on THIRTEEN’s Great Performances on Sunday, April 24 at 12 Noon ET on PBS. In New York, THIRTEEN will air the program Thursday, April 21 at 8pm, with an encore broadcast on Sunday, April 24 at 12:30pm.
Set in a mining camp during the California Gold Rush, saloon owner Minnie has her sights set on the mysterious Dick Johnson, and nothing — not horses, hangmen, nor a high-stakes poker game — can keep her from finding true love.
Deborah Voigt sings the title role of Minnie in Giancarlo Del Monaco’s 1991 production, with Marcello Giordani as Dick Johnson (the disguised bandit Ramerrez) and Lucio Gallo as the villainous sheriff Jack Rance. San Francisco Opera Music Director Nicola Luisotti conducts the work. The performance is sung in Italian with English subtitles.
The program was originally seen live in movie theaters on January 8, 2011 as part of The Met: Live in HD series, under the direction of Barbara Willis Sweete. Met soprano Sondra Radvanovsky hosts, and Jay David Saks is the music producer.
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