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La fanciulla del West triumphs at the Vienna Staatsoper with Kaufmann and Stemme

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Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 8 October 2013
Puccini, La fanciulla del West
Vienna State Opera
Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor
Marco Arturo Marelli, Director, Set Designer
Dagmar Niefind, Costume Designer
Nina Stemme, Minnie
Jonas Kaufmann, Dick Johnson
Tomasz Konieczny, Jack Rance
Juliette Mars, Wowkle
Peter Jelosits, Harry
Carlos Osuna, Joe
Norbert Ernst, Nick
Wolfram Igor Derntl, The Pony Express Rider
Michael Roider, Trin
Tae-Joong Yang, Bello
Clemens Unterreiner, Happy
Hans Peter Kammerer, Sid
Boaz Daniel, Sonora
Paolo Rumetz, Ashby
Jongmin Park, Billy Jackrabbit
Alessio Arduini, Jake Wallace, José Castro
Il Hong, Jim Larkens
Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
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