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John Adams

Girls of the Golden West

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. The opera was premiered in San Francisco on November 21, 2017. The running time is 160 minutes.

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Movements

  1. Act I Scene 1: It was a driving, vigorous, restless population
  2. Act I Scene 1: Wagon Ride - Ned Peters was a hustler
  3. Act I Scene 2: My name is Joe
  4. Act I Scene 2: Now he consoles himself
  5. Act I Scene 3: A gambler’s life I do admire
  6. Act I Scene 3: Josefa, you remember
  7. Act I Scene 4: Comin’ up from Red Dog
  8. Act I Scene 4: It’s bone, it’s backbone
  9. Act II Epilogue: Sometimes I lounge forlornly to the window
  10. Act II Scene 1: The Raven
  11. Act II Scene 2: The attack on the Mexicans
  12. Act II Scene 3: It seems like midnight
  13. Act II Scene 3: What is this celebration to me?
  14. Act II Scene 4: Blessed and praised
  15. Act II Scene 4: I’m going far away from my creditors
  16. Act II Scene 4: This very nearly was the cause
  17. Act II Scene 4: Ven esta noche
  18. Act II Scene 5: It’s four long years (Lousy Miner)
  19. Act II Scene 5: The Downieville mob
  20. Act II Scene 5: Tú me quieres alba

Elsewhere

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