QUESTION#4: The ‘California’ based Opera

Who was the playwright of the Italian opera based on a central California story?
Where was he born?
What was the name of the play?
What Italian composer liked the story and turned it into an opera?
Who was the heroine and where was she from?
Who was the hero and where was he from?
What Is yellow fever?
Where did the heroine's tight fitting shoes come from?

ANSWER: 

Who was the playwright of the Italian opera based on a central California story? David Belasco.
Where was he born? San Francisco.
What was the name of the play? The Girl of the Golden West.
What Italian composer liked the story and turned it into an opera? Giacomo Puccini.
Who was the heroine and where was she from? Her name was Minnie from Soledad.
Who was the hero and where was he from? He called himself Dick Johnson, really Ramirez, a
bandit. He was from Sacramento.
What is yellow fever? Its not a physical disease in this opera it is a fixation on acquiring gold.
Where did the heroine's tight fitting shoes come from? Monterey.