Girls of the Golden West

John Adams and Peter Sellars’ latest collaboration follows people from all over the world who flock to Gold Country hoping to strike it rich but are quickly caught up in the optimism, greed and prejudices of a rapidly changing world. Dame Shirley is an East Coast transplant. Ah Sing, a Chinese immigrant, works as a prostitute but dreams of a better life. Ned Peters is a cowboy and former slave. And Josefa Segovia is a young Mexican barmaid whose act of self-preservation will change them all.