La Fanciulla del West (2012)

La Fanciulla del West – Italian title

A 2012 Swedish production [Royal Swedish Opera House Orchestra, Wiener Staatsoper (Stockholm)]

Producer:

Directors: Christof Loy, Hannes Rossacher

Story: David Belasco

Teleplay: Guelfo Civinini, Carlo Zangarini

Photography: [color]

Music: Giacomo Puccini

Running time: 136 minutes

Cast:

Ashby - Michael Schmidberger

Bello - Linus Borjesson

Billy Jackrabbit - Alar Pintsaar

Dick Johnson - Aleksandrs Antonenko

Happy Kristian Flor

Harry - Conny Thimander

Jack Rance – John Lundgren

Jake Wallace - John Erick Eleby

Joe – Magnus Kyhle

Jose Castro - Anton Eriksson

Larkens - Ian Power

Minnie - Nina Stemme

Nick - Niklas Bjorling Rygert

Pony Express Rider - Jon Nilsson

Sid - Gunnar Lundberg

Sonora - Ola Eliasson

Trin - Karl Rombo

Wowkle - Agneta Lundgren

Conductor - Pier Giorgio Morandi

The production places the action believably in the period of an American gold-rush camp as Puccini intended and the costuming is consistent with an early Hollywood western of the period. This cinematic connection is further established with the use of sepia toned filmed close-ups of the interaction between main characters at intervals mostly projected against the groove and tongued saloon walls of the main setting.

YouTube Film Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxXUlrQbqYI