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Fate has been kind to Puccini's epic saga of the wild West, based on David Belasco's sentimental melodrama Girl of the Golden West. It gives scene designers and stage directors an unparalleled chance to frolic, while audiences can revel in memories of bygone movies. Its good-hearted outlaw hero, its relentlessly mean-spirited sheriff, its spunky barmaid, Italian-sounding gold-miners, and Indians have been presented in three fine video recordings--all starring Placido Domingo--made between 1982 and 1992. The Metropolitan Opera production has the most authentically American atmosphere, but the La Scala edition was the first to be issued on DVD, and effectively focused on the intense emotions Puccini put into this score underneath the campy exoticism of the story's setting. --Joe McLellan
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'Fanciulla' promises to become a second 'Boheme,' but more powerful, bolder and broader, said Puccini of his unique melodrama in which Italian opera meets the wild, wild West. La Fanciulla del West boasts brilliant musical themes, drawing on American folk music for inspiration. It tells the story of a gold rush bandit who is redeemed by the power of love. The incomparable Placido Domingo stars as the renegade Dick Johnson, and soprano Mara Zempieri ignites the stage with her stirring portrayal... read more | | | | Products related to "Puccini - La Fanciulla Del West" from Amazon.com | |
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