The bandit Dick Johnson and his lover Minnie appear in, for 10 points, what opera set in California during the gold rush, composed by Giacomo Puccini?
Early in this opera, a number of characters contribute money to send another character home after he bursts into tears upon hearing a minstrel sing "Che faranno i vecchi miei." The lead soprano leads a bible study in which she discusses Psalm 51, after which a dispatch arrives from Nina Micheltorena about the whereabouts of another character. That character is discovered hiding in an attic when his blood drips onto another character's hand. A cakewalk motif informs the audience of the lead tenor's identity upon his first appearance, and that tenor later fails to respond to a (*) whistle from his henchman Jose Castro. He later implores his captors not to tell his lover of his fate in the aria "Ch'ella mi creda libero." That lover briefly secures his freedom by cheating in a game of poker against the sheriff, Jack Rance. The bandit Dick Johnson and his lover Minnie appear in, for 10 points, what opera set in California during the gold rush, composed by Giacomo Puccini?
Early in this opera, a number of characters contribute money to send another character home after he bursts into tears upon hearing a minstrel sing "Che faranno i vecchi miei.
La fanciulla del West [or The Girl of the Golden West]