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    La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the West) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini...
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    and Giuseppe Giacosa (in two acts – premiered at La Scala, 17 February 1904) La fanciulla del West, libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini (in...
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    "Ch'ella mi creda" is a tenor aria from act 3 of the opera La fanciulla del West by Giacomo Puccini. It is the tenor aria sung by Dick Johnson (a.k.a...
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    as performances at La Scala (1994), Leeds Opera North (1994, 2001), Oper Bonn and Ludwigshaven State Opera House (1995), Teatro del Giglio in Lucca (1998)...
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    soprano roles in La fanciulla del West, La forza del destino, Isabeau, Manon Lescaut, La bohème (as Mimì, opposite Enrico Caruso), La damnation de Faust...
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    Depot Puccini – La Fanciulla del West (1954, Firenze) – Steber, Guelfi – Mitropoulos – Walhall Puccini – La Fanciulla del West (1957, La Scala)- Frazzoni...
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    the 2010 Metropolitan Opera centennial production of Puccini's La fanciulla del West. Costa-Jackson married Spencer Burk M.D. on August 31, 2013. The...
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  • (the first Scarpia in Tosca), Pasquale Amato (the first Rance in La fanciulla del West), Riccardo Stracciari (noted for his richly attractive timbre) and...
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  • the Golden West (opera) or La fanciulla del West, a 1910 opera by Giacomo Puccini, adapted from Belasco's play The Girl of the Golden West (1915 film)...
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    Beniamino Gigli (1931) "Sì, mi chiamano Mimì" Claudia Muzio (1911) "O soave fanciulla" Enrico Caruso, Nellie Melba (1907) Marcello, Schaunard and Colline go...
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    created the role of Dick Johnson in the world premiere of Puccini's La fanciulla del West. The composer wrote the music for Johnson with Caruso's voice specifically...
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  • David Belasco, better known for providing the plot of the opera La fanciulla del West by Giacomo Puccini. A frontier woman falls in love with an outlaw...
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  • "O soave fanciulla" Enrico Caruso, Nellie Melba (1907) Problems playing this file? See media help. "O soave fanciulla" ("O gentle maiden") is a romantic...
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  • La Scala. Among her most renowned interpretations were those of the leading roles in Adriana Lecouvreur, Iris, Fedora, Tosca, La Bohème, La Fanciulla...
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  • the role of Dick Johnson in a highly celebrated performance of La fanciulla del West at La Scala in 1956, opposite Gigliola Frazzoni and Tito Gobbi, which...
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    1877) Credo (Lucca, 1878) Vexilla Regis (1878) Sole e amore (1888) Salve del ciel Regina (c. 1882) Mentìa l’avviso (c. 1882) Storiella d’amore (1883)...
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    as the 1910 opera La fanciulla del West by Giacomo Puccini. It was also made into four films, all titled The Girl of the Golden West, in 1915, 1923, 1930...
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  • Cavaradossi, Tosca (Giacomo Puccini) Dick Johnson, La fanciulla del West (Giacomo Puccini) Don Alvaro, La forza del destino (Giuseppe Verdi) Don José, Carmen (Georges...
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    is best remembered today for penning the libretti for the operas La fanciulla del West (1910) by composer Giacomo Puccini, I gioielli della Madonna (1911)...
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    2017) – Don Carlo in Don Carlo (2017, 2019) – Dick Johnson in La fanciulla del West (2018, 2019, 2020) – Calaf in Turandot (2018) – Don Jose in Carmen...
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    Cunning Little Vixen and Harry in La Fanciulla del West. For the Classical Opera Company Evans sang the role of Fracasso in La Finta Semplice. Other credits...
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    term is sometimes also applied to Puccini's Madama Butterfly and La fanciulla del West. Because only four verismo works not by Puccini continue to appear...
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  • Lyric Opera of Chicago. In 1977, she sang the part of Minnie in La fanciulla del West (one of her great successes), with Plácido Domingo, for Queen Elizabeth...
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    Leoncavallo) "Solo, profugo, reietto" (Marta) "Donna non vidi mai" (La fanciulla del west, Puccini) "Sento una forza indomita" with Emmy Destinn (Il Guarany...
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  • ("Yes, they call me Mimì"), and the scene concludes in a duet "O soave fanciulla" where they realise that they have fallen for each other. The aria was...
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    Met, she created the role of Minnie in the premiere of Puccini's La fanciulla del West, again opposite Caruso, and under the direction of Arturo Toscanini...
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    Cotrubas – C. Abbado, cond.) Puccini: La fanciulla del West (with Neblett, Domingo – Mehta, cond.) Verdi: La forza del destino (with L. Price, Domingo, Cossotto...
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    Lescaut (1893) La bohème (1896) discography Tosca (1900) discography Madama Butterfly (1904) discography La fanciulla del West (1910) La rondine (1917)...
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    prima donna status. The opening in September 1961, in Puccini’s ‘’La fanciulla del West’’, almost didn't happen. That summer, a musicians' strike threatened...
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    in Puccini's opera La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West), based on David Belasco's play The Girl of the Golden West, play a contentious...
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