The miners gather towards the end of the day at the Polka Saloon presided over by Minnie, whom they respect, love, and protect. Sheriff Rance breaks up a miner’s fighter and reminds Minnie that he loves her, but she rebuffs him. A Wells Fargo agent, Ashby, enters and announces that he is chasing the bandit Ramerrez and his gang. He shows Rance a warrant for the arrest Ramerrez. A stranger, Dick Johnson, arrives. He and Minnie have met before and she couches for him when Rance and the miners demand to know what he is doing in their camp. When Minnie dances with Johnson, Rance is furious. Johnson is actually Ramerrez but Minnie and the others do not know this. One of the Johnson’s bandits alerts him that they are outside waiting to rob the saloon, but Johnson has fallen for Minnie. She is concerned about the gold that the miners leave with her for safekeeping; Johnson assures her it will be safe.
- Director
- Nigel Jamieson
- Conductor
- Arvo Volmer
- Set Design
- Michael Scott-Mitchell
- Costume Design
- Zoe Atkinson
- Lighting
- Philip Lethlean
- Assistant Director
- Gavin Robins
- Video Design
- Scott Otto Anderson
- Minnie
- Jacqueline Mabardi
- Dick Johnson
- Bradley Daley
- Jack Rance
- John Wegner
- Sonora
- Douglas McNicol
- Ashby
- Richard Anderson
- Nick
- Adam Goodburn
- Trin
- Tasso Bouyessis
- Sid
- Lachlan Scott
- Handsome
- Andrew Turner
- Harry
- Virgilio Marino
- Joe
- Robert Macfarlane
- Happy
- Kit Tonkin
- Larkins / Billy Jackrabbit
- Robert England
- Wowkle
- Cherie Boogaart
- Jake Wallace
- Pelham Andrews
- Jose Castro
- Timothy Sexton
- Pony Express
- Andrew Linn
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#Throwbackthursday to Annie Aitken as Cunegonde and Caroline O’Connor as the Old Lady in the 2018 production of 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐞 directed by Mitchell Butel in Sydney.
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📸 Grant Leslie, courtesy of Sydney Philharmonia Choir
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