Review: 'The Girl of the Golden West' at the Virginia Opera
Giacomo Puccini never met a foreign culture that he didn't try to set to music. His operas set in Japan (Madama Butterfly) and China (Turandot) are celebrated as masterpieces. Less celebrated is his encounter with the Old West. The Girl of the Golden West (La Fanciulla del West) is performed far less often than the […] The post Review: ‘The Girl of the Golden West’ at the Virginia Opera appeared fir…