Opera Girls of the Golden West a compozitorului american John Adams, pe un libret de Peter Sellars, interpretată de Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Opera în două acte, pe două CD-uri, prezintă poveștile și destinele personajelor din perioada febrei aurului californiene. Libretul se bazează pe surse istorice și mărturii autentice din mijlocul secolului al XIX-lea. Înregistrarea este dirijată de însuși autorul.
Melodii
CD1
1. Girls of the Golden West, Act I Scene 1: It was a driving, vigorous, restless population [08:56]
2. Girls of the Golden West, Act I Scene 1: Wagon Ride – Ned Peters was a hustler [05:06]
3. Girls of the Golden West, Act I Scene 2: My name is Joe [11:01]
4. Girls of the Golden West, Act I Scene 2: Now he consoles himself [02:36]
5. Girls of the Golden West, Act I Scene 3: A gambler’s life I do admire [10:49]
6. Girls of the Golden West, Act I Scene 3: Josefa, you remember [04:14]
7. Girls of the Golden West, Act I Scene 4: It's bone, it’s backbone [12:20]
8. Girls of the Golden West, Act I Scene 4: Comin' up from Red Dog [03:29]
CD2
1. Girls of the Golden West, Act II Scene 1: The Raven [05:08]
2. Girls of the Golden West, Act II Scene 2: The attack on the Mexicans [11:04]
3. Girls of the Golden West, Act II Scene 3: It seems like midnight [07:59]
4. Girls of the Golden West, Act II Scene 3: What is this celebration to me? [06:57] 5. Girls of the Golden West, Act II Scene 4: This very nearly was the cause [02:45]
6. Girls of the Golden West, Act II Scene 4: Ven esta noche [03:02]
7. Girls of the Golden West, Act II Scene 4: Blessed and praised [0:59]
8. Girls of the Golden West, Act II Scene 4: I'm going far away from my creditors [08:54]
9. Girls of the Golden West, Act II Scene 5: The Downieville mob [05:40]
10. Girls of the Golden West, Act II Scene 5: Tú me quieres alba [06:11]
11. Girls of the Golden West, Act II Scene 5: It's four long years (Lousy Miner) [04:37]
12. Girls of the Golden West, Act II Epilogue: Sometimes I lounge forlornly to the window [04:51]
