Met Opera: La Fanciulla del West with Sondra Radvanovsky

Puccini's dramatic Wild West opera returns to the screen in a new staging by British director Richard Jones, the Met's first new production of La Fanciulla del West in more than 30 years. Filmed live from the Met stage and broadcast to cinemas worldwide.

Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky makes her role debut as Minnie, the tough tavern owner who finds love when she least expects it. Tenor SeokJong Baek plays the dashing bandit who arrives in a remote Californian mining town, opposite baritone Christopher Maltman as the lawman determined to win Minnie for himself. Conducting is Keri-Lynn Wilson.

Radvanovsky is also booked for the Met's 20th anniversary cinema programme at Kulturhus Vig Bio on 31 December 2026.