La Fanciulla del West

New Production
By Giacomo Puccini

On Sale Dates/Times:
Qualified Met Members: Thursday, July 16 at 10am (must call the box office to purchase tickets)
General Public: Wednesday, July 22 at 10am

**The Met: LIVE in HD package - Purchase 8 Operas for the price of 7**
Senior & Adult packages available online
Student packages – please call the box office

Tickets: (fees not included)
Senior - $23
Adult - $25
Student - $15
Child (8 and under) - FREE

Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns in a new staging by celebrated British director Richard Jones, marking the company’s first new production of La Fanciulla del West in more than 30 years. Soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė makes an important Met debut as the larger-than-life Minnie, the tough tavern owner with a heart of gold who finds love when she least expects it. Tenor SeokJong Baek is the dashing bandit who rambles into the remote California mining town to steal her heart, opposite baritone Christopher Maltman as the lawman determined to deliver rough justice—and win Minnie for himself. Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson takes the podium to conduct one of opera’s most action-packed adventures.

Runtime: 3:15
1 Intermission
Sung in Italian

*PLEASE NOTE: Jo Ann Kulesza, (Retired) Music Director of Opera Programs at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, will be in the Theatre at 12:00 p.m. for her preview and discussion of the day’s opera. Having been a student of Opera since college, Ms. Kulesza brings a wealth of knowledge and first-hand experience in the genre, fueling her passion for the human voice and all it is capable of.