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Girls of the Golden West is an opera in two acts with music by John Adams and a libretto by Peter Sellars. The San Francisco Opera commissioned the work jointly with Dallas Opera , the Dutch National Opera (De Nationale Opera) and Teatro La Fenice in Venice.
John Adams discusses his 2017 opera "Girls of the Golden West," which is set during the 1850s California Gold Rush. Adams and collaborator Peter Sellars created a colorful and realistic...
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John Adams' 'Girls of the Golden West,' performed by Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by the composer, is out now on Nonesuch Records: https://johnadams.lnk.to/girlsofthego... ...more.
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May 1, 2024 · With eight diverse works that have been staged as operas to his name, John Adams stands as arguably the foremost opera composer of his generation. Girls of the Golden West, first performed in...
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John Adams’ opera Girls of the Golden West (2017) goes back in time to the California Gold Rush (1848-55) for its subject matter. Adams paints a raw, deromanticized picture of the period.
John Adams | Credit: Deborah O’Grady. Girls of the Golden West, the sprawling Gold Rush opera by John Adams and Peter Sellars, opened at the War Memorial Opera House on Nov. 21, 2017. By the end of the first performance, Adams was already thinking about revisions.
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Girls of the Golden West, out April 26, 2024, is John Adams’ eighth music theater work to be released by Nonesuch Records. Adams’ stage works are among the most performed contemporary operas of our time and include Nixon in China, The Death of Klinghoffer, El Niño, and Doctor Atomic.
