The Met Live in HD: La Fanciulla del West (Puccini) – Live
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About this event
One of 92 upcoming events at Ridgefield Playhouse.
The Met: Live in HD series at Ridgefield Playhouse is made possible by the generous support of Liz & Steven Goldstone and Whistle Stop Bakery. The Met: Live in HD is the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of opera performances transmitted live from the stage of the Met into movie theaters worldwide. Experience extraordinary opera performances live from the Metropolitan Opera in your local cinema. The Met Live in HD: La Fanciulla del West (Puccini) – Live Set during the California Gold Rush, Minnie, the gun-slinging tavern owner with a heart of gold, finds love in the arms of a dashing outlaw. Celebrated British director Richard Jones brings a new production of Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West to the Met, which marks the company’s first new staging of La Fanciulla del West in more than 30 years. Soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė makes an important Met debut as Minnie, starring alongside tenor SeokJong Baek as Dick Johnson. CAST: Vida Miknevičiūtė, SeokJong Baek, Christopher Maltman CONDUCTOR: Keri-Lynn Wilson DIRECTOR: Richard Jones ESTIMATED RUNTIME: 3 hours and 15 minutes, with one intermission
