La Fanciulla del West was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera with Met stars Enrico Caruso and Emmy Destinn for whom Puccini created the leading roles of Dick Johnson and Minnie.
In the end, thanks to the mercy given by the miners, the couple rides away to start a new life together. Alice in Wonderland Collector Tin Box with Two Playing Card Decks and 150 piece Jigsaw Puzzle. She does, but learns later he is the outlaw bandit being hunted. It is there that Sherriff Jack Rance confesses his love to the gun-slinging heroine, Minnie- “Minnie, della mia casa” -but she spurns him, determined to win the man she loves, Dick Johnson. Most of the action in this three-act opera centers around the Polka Saloon where miners gather to drink, sing and play cards.
This romantic epic of the Wild West takes place in the mountains of California during the Gold Rush between 1849-1850 in a fictional setting, which features a combination of mythic and gritty realistic elements. Play your favorite card game with friends and family with this Luke Skywalker-themed deck of Star Wars playing cards. Giacomo Puccini’s “American” opera, La Fanciulla del West, made its glamorous and much-publicized world premier in 1910 at the Met with the composer seated in the audience.
