THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST
(La Fanciulla del West)

Score: Giacomo Puccini
Libretto: Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini

January 22, 2026 - 7:30 PM
January 24, 2026 - 7:30 PM
The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

Directed by John Hoomes
Conducted by Dean Williamson
Featuring the Nashville Opera Orchestra
Sung in Italian with English lyrics projected above the stage

Based on David Belasco's play, The Girl of the Golden West
Premiere: December 10, 1910 at The Metropolitan Opera, New York City, New York

Get out of the way The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Here comes the original Italian Spaghetti Western!  Puccini’s follow-up to his operatic masterpiece Madame Butterfly sets its exciting tale in the American Wild, Wild West, and is filled with all the fantastic music the composer is famous for.

The characters of a great John Ford western are all here:
- Dick Johnson, a handsome, good hearted outlaw in disguise!
- Jack Rance, the macho town Sheriff who’s ready to bend the law, when needed!
- And Minnie, the pistol-packing, poker-playing, saloon runnin’ heroine who’s too impetuous for any one man to tame.

Set during the California Gold Rush, this unique opera features passionate arias, blazing orchestra colors, and hair trigger excitement as the Wild West comes alive.

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