La Fanciulla del West

Composer: Puccini, Giacomo

Librettist/Text Author: Zangarini, Carlo

Librettist/Text Author: Civinini, Guelfo

Conductor: Morandi, Pier Giorgio

Orchestra: Stockholm Royal Opera Orchestra

Chorus: Stockholm Royal Opera Chorus

Ashby: Schmidberger, Michael

Bello: Borjesson, Linus

Billy Jackrabbit: Pintsaar, Alar

Dick Johnson: Antonenko, Aleksandrs

Happy: Flor, Kristian

Harry: Thimander, Conny

Jack Rance: Lundgren, John

Jake Wallace: Eleby, John Erik

Joe: Kyhle, Magnus

Jose Castro: Eriksson, Anton

Larkens: Power, Ian

Minnie: Stemme, Nina

Nick: Rygert, Niklas Bjorling

Pony Express Rider: Nilsson, Jon

Ramerrez: Antonenko, Aleksandrs

Sid: Lundberg, Gunnar

Sonora: Eliasson, Ola

Trin: Rombo, Karl

Wowkle: Lundgren, Agneta

Set Designer: Murauer, Herbert

Costume Designer: Murauer, Herbert

Stage Director: Loy, Christof

Television Director: Rossacher, Hannes

---

Venue: Royal Swedish Opera House

Playing Time: 02:16:00

Catalogue Number: A06001843

Synopsis

La Fanciulla del West

---

Exactly 101 years after the world premiere of Puccini's La fanciulla del West at New York's Metropolitan Opera, Stockholm's Royal Opera House now presents a brilliant, modern-day interpretation of this rarely played opera. While the lead role is sung by Nina Stemme, one of today's best youthful-dramatic sopranos, the two male protagonists, John Lundgren and Aleksandrs Antonenko, can hardly be surpassed in vocal artistry and stage presence. Director Christof Loy stages the opera as an early Hollywood Western relating the impossible love of a young woman and the most wanted criminal in the West.