La Fanciulla del West

The Metropolitan Opera on Dec 18, 2010. Because of the fact that this opera is based on a play that takes place during the gold rush in California, it was almost felt like watching an operatic musical, both in music scores and stories. I very much enjoyed the overall production and I think this opera itself deserves more appreciation than it currently receives.
The soprano and tenor were excellent. During the first act, someone from the audience shouted «Disastro!» while the baritone was singing. The baritone may not compare the soprano and tenor but I found it unwarranted.
There was a note that sounded very similar to Music of the Night from the musical Phantom of the Opera and after google search at home it turned out Puccini estate filed suit against Webber accusing him of plagiarism, but the suit was settled out of court and details were not released to the public. Interesting.
Soprano: Deborah Voigt
Tenor: Marcello Giordani