Minnie, at The Polka saloon, is respected and in her turn helpful to the rough clientele of the bar, miners who drink and gamble. Posters advertise a reward for the capture of the wanted bandit Ramerrez. Jack Rance, the sheriff is in love with her and is rough with Dick Johnson, who now comes into the bar, recognised and vouched for by Minnie. Ramerrez, alias Dick Johnson, has been betrayed by a former mistress, but now a bandit attack on the camp...

Contains arias from L'elisir d'amore (Donizetti), Il trovatore, Un ballo in maschera, Aida (Verdi), I pagliacci (Leoncavallo), La Bohème, Tosca, La fanciulla del West, Turandot (Puccini), Fedora (Giordano), L'arlesiana (Cilèa), L'africaine (Meyerbeer), Faust (Gounod), Manon (Massenet), Martha (Flotow), and Stabat Mater (Rossini).

Plácido Domingo selects his greatest roles, and the particular performances at which he was at his peak.