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Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio opens at La Scala on 17 November 1839 as a completed first opera

Dated 17 November 1839: Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio opens at La Scala on 17 November 1839 as a completed first opera. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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Later nationalism is not this score. Shared work with the house, singers, and Ricordi remains named.

Context

This is a knowledge-and-theatre access path. It is not a Risorgimento statute.

Giuseppe Verdi’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Lived 1813–1901. Impresarios, librettists, censors, khedival officers, and Ricordi share the public file. Va pensiero’s later nationalist reception is not stored as his revolutionary act. Complex contribution is required.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Giuseppe VerdiEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Teatro alla Scala — house heritage of Verdi premieresTeatro alla Scala · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Britannica and La Scala heritage print 17 November 1839 as the premiere of Oberto, Verdi’s first staged opera, under Merelli.

Britannica and Teatro alla Scala independently describe the 1839 Oberto premiere.

Established: 17 November 1839 premiere in the public house file. Not established: that Oberto authored 1861.

Giuseppe Verdi did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorGiuseppe Verdi
  2. contributed toFactOberto, Conte di San Bonifacio opens at La Scala on 17 November 1839 as a completed first opera
  3. strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
  4. weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)

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Factrail. (2026). Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio opens at La Scala on 17 November 1839 as a completed first opera. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gv-oberto-1839

https://factrail.ai/facts/gv-oberto-1839

Accessed 15 October 2026.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed

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