LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST. Opera in tre Atti (dal dramma di David Belasco)
Milano, Roma, Napoli ... G. Ricodi & Co., 1912. New Edition. Wraps. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Very Good. Item #005308
New Edition, stated. Text in Italian. A Very Good copy. 4to., (iii), 162 pp., composed mostly of musical score, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Puccini. Color lithographic stiff wrappers. Light edge wear to the wrappers. Mild to moderate soiling to the wrappers. Very Good. *** Puccini completed La Fanciulla del West, based on a play by David Belasco, in 1910. This was commissioned by, and first performed at, the Metropolitan Opera in New York on 10 December 1910 with Met stars Enrico Caruso and Emmy Destinn for whom Puccini created the leading roles of Dick Johnson and Minnie. Toscanini, then the musical director of the Met, conducted. This was the first world premiere of an opera at the Met. ***.
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