Puccini and The Girl
Subtitle: History and Reception of The Girl of the Golden West
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: December 15, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780226703893
Subjects: Opera; Music; Music/Songbooks; Italy; Genres & Styles - Opera; Music / Opera; General; 1858-1924; 1858-1924.; Fanciulla del West; Puccini, Giacomo,
Description: "Set in the American West during the California Gold Rush, La fanciulla del West marked a significant departure from Giacomo Puccini's previous and best-known works. Puccini and "The Girl" is the first book to explore this important but often misunderstood opera that became the first work by a major European composer to receive an American premiere when it opened at New York's Metropolitan Opera House in 1910"--Jacket.