Staged outside in front of an historic Blacksmith Shop and Barn in Mancos, Colorado, Opera Lafayette’s adaptation of Philidor’s The Blacksmith was performed and filmed in October 2020 in front of a live audience. Presented in partnership with Mancos Creative District, this modern premiere adapted and translated from an 18th-century French opéra comique composed by François-André Danican Philidor in 1761 to the late 19th-century American West, met standing ovations and rave reviews.