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Performed at the royal Opera House

在1849至1850年前后加州的一处淘金矿工营地，下山的矿工们聚集于波尔卡酒馆内解乏，聊天中提及墨西哥劫匪拉梅雷兹及其团伙即将落网的消息。酒馆主人明妮是个“万人迷”，深受营地治安长官杰克·兰斯等人爱慕。兰斯在与明妮独处时向她倾诉爱意却遭到拒绝。明妮与偶然现身酒馆的迪克·约翰逊坠入爱河，后来人们却发现约翰逊正是劫匪拉梅雷兹。明妮伤心欲绝，把约翰逊赶出了门。几声枪响，约翰逊中弹后跌跌撞撞返回小屋，明妮把他藏进阁楼。兰斯通过蛛丝马迹发现了约翰逊的藏身之地。明妮向兰斯提出以一局扑克牌的胜负决定约翰逊能否恢复自由。明妮作弊取得胜利。约翰逊在明妮的照料下康复。兰斯等人又一次逮捕约翰逊，打算将他绞死，约翰逊临刑前提出最后一个请求——希望能让明妮相信他已经获得自由并远走他乡。兰斯狂怒不已，众人却陷入犹豫。这时，明妮举着手枪奔驰而至。矿工们做出让步，释放了约翰逊。明妮与约翰逊策马而去，共同开启了新生活。

In Torre del Lago, by Lake Massaciuccoli, Puccini is writing "The Girl of the Golden West" when his wife Elvira accuses him of a dalliance with their maid, Doria Manfredi, a young women from town. Although the maestro is frequently unfaithful, he denies the affair; Elvira insists she's right and publicly hounds Doria. Between scenes in this domestic drama that turns tragic, we watch a Scottish company rehearse and stage "Turandot," Puccini's last opera. The film finds parallels between the two stories and suggests that in the opera, Puccini expresses love for his wife and guilt in Doria's fate. Three local gentlemen provide a spoken chorus as Puccini's score plays throughout.

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