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Poster for The Metropolitan Opera 2026/27: La Fanciulla del West

The Metropolitan Opera 2026/27: La Fanciulla del West

Opens on February 3

Midnight weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights. Please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.

Run Time: 195 min. Release Year: 2027 Language: Italian

Approx. runtime: 195 minutes [1 Intermission]
 
Cast: Keri-Lynn Wilson; Vida Miknevičiūtė (Minnie), SeokJong Baek (Dick Johnson), Christopher Maltman (Jack Rance) Richard Jones (Production); Miriam Buether (Set Designer), Nicky Gillibrand (Costume Designer), Mimi Jordan Sherin (Lighting Designer), Lucy Burge (Choreographer)
Synopsis: Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns in a new staging by celebrated British director Richard Jones, marking the company’s first new production of La Fanciulla del West in more than 30 years. Soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė makes an important Met debut as the larger-than-life Minnie, the tough tavern owner with a heart of gold who finds love when she least expects it. Tenor SeokJong Baek is the dashing bandit who rambles into the remote California mining town to steal her heart, opposite baritone Christopher Maltman as the lawman determined to deliver rough justice—and win Minnie for himself. Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson takes the podium to conduct one of opera’s most action-packed adventures, live from the Met stage to cinemas worldwide.