The Old Maid and the Thief

opera by Gian Carlo Menotti
MusicRecording dramatico_musical_work Q487249
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The Old Maid and the Thief

Summary

The Old Maid and the Thief is a dramatico-musical work[1]. It draws 119 Wikipedia views per month (dramatico_musical_work category, ranking #387 of 2,893).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Old Maid and the Thief's instance of is recorded as dramatico-musical work[3].
  • The Old Maid and the Thief's composer is recorded as Gian Carlo Menotti[4].
  • The Old Maid and the Thief's librettist is recorded as Gian Carlo Menotti[5].
  • The Old Maid and the Thief's genre is opera[6].
  • The Old Maid and the Thief's Commons category is recorded as The Old Maid and the Thief[7].
  • The Old Maid and the Thief's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • The Old Maid and the Thief was published on 2000[9].
  • The Old Maid and the Thief's characters is recorded as Laetitia[10].
  • The Old Maid and the Thief's characters is recorded as Miss Pinkerton[11].
  • The Old Maid and the Thief's characters is recorded as Miss Todd[12].
  • The Old Maid and the Thief's characters is recorded as Bob[13].
  • The Old Maid and the Thief's date of first performance is recorded as April 22, 1939[14].
  • The Old Maid and the Thief's date of first performance is recorded as February 11, 1941[15].
  • The Old Maid and the Thief's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Old Maid and the Thief'}[16].
  • The Old Maid and the Thief's name is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'La vella criada i el lladre'}[17].
  • The Old Maid and the Thief's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q421744', 'amount': '+1'}[18].
  • The Old Maid and the Thief's location of first performance is recorded as NBC Red Network[19].
  • The Old Maid and the Thief's location of first performance is recorded as Opera Philadelphia[20].
  • The Old Maid and the Thief's derivative work is recorded as Lopov i usedelica[21].
  • The Old Maid and the Thief's form of creative work is recorded as opera[22].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Opera[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 88b2c747-f2fc-4de6-a2d9-521c5ee4d5b9[24]

Why It Matters

The Old Maid and the Thief draws 119 Wikipedia views per month (dramatico_musical_work category, ranking #387 of 2,893).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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