La Fanciulla del West

Puccini La Fanciulla del West opera to a libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini. Directed 2017 by Hugo de Ana. Stars Emily Magee (Minnie), Roberto Aronica (Dick Johnson), Claudio Sgura (Jack Rance), Bruno Lazzaretti (Nick), John Paul Huckle (Ashby), Gianfranco Montresor (Sonora), Paolo Orecchia (Sid), Antonello Ceron (Trin), Tommaso Barea (Bello), Orlando Polidoro (Harry), Enrico Cossutta (Joe), Ivan Marino (Happy), Donato Di Gioia (Larkens), Enrico Marchesini (Billy Jackrabbit), Alessandra Visentin (Wowkle), Carlo Checchi (Jake Wallace), Francesco Musinu (José Castro), and Armando Valentino (Un Postiglione). Juraj Valčuha conducts the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro di San Carlo (Chorus Master Marco Faelli). Sets and costumes by Hugo de Ana; lighting by Vinicio Cheli. Directed for TV by Tiziano Mancini. Sung in Italian. Released in 2018, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA

Mark Pullinger calls this a “warm and traditional” production from Hugo de Ana in an “enjoyable recording that could win Puccini’s opera new converts.” Here's a clip from Dynamic that undergirds Pullinger’s comments:

STREAM/BUY: http://smarturl.it/DYN7816?IQid=youtube Opera in three Acts Libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini from the drama "The girl of the Golden West" by David Belasco Triumphantly premiered at New York's Metropolitan Opera on 10th December 1910, 'La fanciulla del West' brought Puccini huge international success, even though the opera was never to attain the popularity of La bohème, Madama Butterfly and Tosca.

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