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

By Chanda VanderHart, 10 October 2013

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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

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Chanda VanderHart

Dr. Chanda VanderHart is a pianist, musicologist and creative who lives, works and plays in Vienna, Austria. For more on Chanda and her projects, click here.