The Girl of the Golden West/La Fanciulla del West (1905 play and 1911 novel by David Belasco/1910 opera by Giacomo Puccini)
. Horse opera . . David Belasco (1853 – 1931) was an impresario, director and playwright from San Francisco. Throughout his long career, stretching from the 1880s right through to 1930, Belasco wrote, directed, and/or produced more than 100 Broadway plays including Hearts of Oak, The Heart of Maryland and Du Barry, making him one […]