Virginia Opera: The Girl of the Golden West
Thru Sun, December 3 @ George Mason University's Center for the Arts, presented by George Mason University's Center for the Arts -- Considered the first “spaghetti western.” Set during the California Gold Rush of 1849, this Italian opera is Puccini’s take on the rough and tough Wild West and features familiar themes of unrequited love, jealousy, betrayal, redemption, and changing fate.