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Puccini's La fanciulla del West
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Puccini's_La_fanciulla_del_West
GPTKB entity
Statements (39)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn
gptkb:David_Belasco's_play_The_Girl_of_the_Golden_West
gptkbp:commissionedBy
gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera
gptkbp:composer
gptkb:Giacomo_Puccini
gptkbp:duration
about 2 hours 30 minutes
gptkbp:firstDickJohnson
gptkb:Enrico_Caruso
gptkbp:firstJackRance
gptkb:Pasquale_Amato
gptkbp:firstMinnie
gptkb:Emmy_Destinn
gptkbp:firstPerformed
Arturo Toscanini
gptkbp:genre
gptkb:opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Puccini's La fanciulla del West
gptkbp:language
gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:librettist
gptkb:Carlo_Zangarini
gptkb:Guelfo_Civinini
gptkbp:mainCharacter
gptkb:Minnie
gptkb:Dick_Johnson
gptkb:Jack_Rance
gptkbp:notableAria
gptkb:Ch'ella_mi_creda
gptkb:Laggiù_nel_Soledad
gptkbp:notableFor
First world premiere of a Puccini opera in the United States
Considered one of Puccini's most musically advanced operas
Puccini attended the premiere
gptkbp:notableRecording
Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, 1963
Renata Tebaldi, Mario Del Monaco, 1958
gptkbp:numberOfActs
3
gptkbp:operaNumber
7
gptkbp:originalTitle
gptkb:La_fanciulla_del_West
gptkbp:period
early 20th century
gptkbp:premiereDate
1910-12-10
gptkbp:premiereLocation
Metropolitan Opera, New York City
gptkbp:publisher
gptkb:Casa_Ricordi
gptkbp:setting
gptkb:California_Gold_Rush
gptkbp:style
verismo
gptkbp:theme
forgiveness
love
redemption
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Casa_Ricordi
gptkb:Opera_Holland_Park
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6