Puccini and the Girl: History and Reception of the Girl of the Golden West

by Annie J. Randall and Rosalind Gray Davis

Book Overview

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 earliest work by a major European composer to receive an American premiere when it opened at New York's Metropolitan Opera House in 1910.

Adapted from American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226703908
• ISBN13: 9780226703909
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.0"