La fanciulla del West

About the show

During the California Gold Rush, Minnie runs the Polka saloon and guards the gold the miners have collected. She becomes close to Dick Johnson, whom she had met earlier, and learns that he is the bandit Ramerrez. When Sheriff Jack Rance captures Johnson, Minnie wagers her future against Rance at poker and wins his release. Johnson is captured again, but Minnie persuades the miners to spare him by reminding them of all she has done for them. They forgive him, and Minnie and Johnson leave California to begin a new life.