La fanciulla del West

Opera

Writers: Giacomo Puccini Carlo Zangarini Guelfo Civinini

Songs

_As this opera is through-composed without strict scene delineations, the following is given as guidelines to when the action or the music changes. _

Act One - Inside the ‘Polka’ Saloon

Introduction

‘Hello! Alla “Polka”! Alle “Palme”!’ - Jack Rance, Larkens, Harry, Joe, Bello, Nick, Sid, Happy, Sonora, Trin, Miners

‘Che faranno i vecchi miei la lontano’ - Jake Wallace, Nick, Trin, Harry, Joe, Sonora, Bello, Happy, Chorus

‘Jim, perchѐ piangi?’ - Trin, Harry, Joe, Sonora, Bello, Happy, Miners, Larkens

‘Va tutto!’ - Sid, Bello, Sonora, Harry, Rance, Miners, Ashby, Trin, Nick

‘Hello, Minnie!’ - Minnie, Trin, Sonora, Rance, Bello, Joe, Miners, Harry, Ashby, Nick

‘Dove eravamo?’ and ‘Lavami e sarò bianco come neve’ - Minnie, Harry, Trin, Joe

‘La posta!’ - Nick, Trin, Joe, Harry, Bello, Postiglione, Ashby, Minnie, Rance, Happy, Miners

Duet: ‘Ti voglio bene, Minnie!’ - Rance, Minnie

Aria: ‘Minnie, dalla mia casa son partito’ - Rance, Minnie

Aria: ‘Laggiù nel Soledad’ - Minnie, Rance

‘Chi c’ѐ, per farmi i ricci?’ - Johnson, Nick, Minnie, Rance

‘Mister Johnson, voi m’avete seccato!’ - Rance, Johnson, Minnie, Miners, Sonora, Johnson, Trin, Harry, Bello, Happy

‘La, la, la, la, la’ - Minnie, Johnson, Nick, Rance, Chorus (outside), Ashby, Castro, Sonora, Trin

Duet: ‘Mister Johnson, siete rimasto indietro’ - Minnie, Nick, Johnson

‘Che cosa’ c’ѐ ?’ - Minnie, Nick, Johnson

‘In quel barile, Johnson’ - Minnie, Johnson

Act Two - Minnie’s Cabin

‘Il mio bimbo ѐ grande e piccino’ - Wowkle, Billy, (Baby)

‘Billy, ѐ fissato?’ - Minnie, Billy, Wowkle

‘Hello! Hello!’ - Johnson, Minnie, Wowkle

‘Oh, se sapeste come il vivere ѐ allegro!’ - Minnie

‘E quando infurian le tormente?’ - Johnson, Minnie

‘Ugh! Neve!’ - Wowkle, Minnie, Johnson

‘Sognavo… si stava tanto bene!’ - Minnie, Johnson

‘Hello!’ ‘Chiamano!’ - Nick, Johnson, Minnie, Sonora, Rance, Ashby

‘Vieni fuori! Sei venuto a rubare!’ - Minnie, Johnson

Aria: ‘Una parola sola!’ - Johnson, Minnie

‘L’han ferito…che importa’ - Minnie, Johnson

‘Che c’ѐ di nuovo, Jack?’ - Minnie, Rance

‘Ѐ là! Ѐ là!’ - Rance, Minnie, Johnson

‘Siete pronto?’ - Rance, Minnie

**Act Three - The great California forest **

‘Ve lo giuro, sceriffo’ - Nick, Ashby, Rance, Miners

‘Hurrah! Ragazzi Sceriffo, avere udito?’ - Ashby, Rance, Chorus, Nick, Joe, Harry, Bello, Sonora, Trin, Happy, Billy

‘Sceriffo Rance, consegno a voi quest’uomo’ - Ashby, Johnson, Rance, Trin, Harry, Joe, Bello, Happy, Sonora, Chorus

‘Ѐ Minnie!’ - Rance, Sonora, Johnson, Miners, Minnie, Trin, Harry, Joe, Happy, Chorus

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.


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