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

Date: 1839

## The fact

Britannica and La Scala heritage print 17 November 1839 as the premiere of Oberto, Verdi’s first staged opera, under Merelli. Later nationalism is not this score. Shared work with the house, singers, and Ricordi remains named.

It is one event.

## Context

This is a knowledge-and-theatre access path. It is not a Risorgimento statute. Family deaths of 1838–40 are neighbouring biography, not twins of the premiere.

[Giuseppe Verdi](/people/giuseppe-verdi)’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below. Sharing a field with them is not a reason to drop a documented act, and it is not a reason to assign later consequences done in the name after death.

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.

Named person as heading of the dated public instrument. Later editors, museums, printers, or offices share publication. Complex where later carriers are the surviving public file.

## Evidence and sources

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

Official or archival record: Teatro alla Scala — house heritage of Verdi premieres (https://www.teatroallascala.org/en/; Teatro alla Scala).

## Significance

A completed first public opera at La Scala is a cultural-access path.

## What is established and what is not

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

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Established here: a sourced, dated public instrument with a named contribution by Giuseppe Verdi.

They are not a public rating.

Giuseppe Verdi did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act. A portrait or conventional bust is not this mechanism. Allegation, reconstruction, and established occurrence stay distinct. Do not treat 1839 as Nabucco. Keep the carrier date of later English distinct from the received historical year stored in the date field. Do not read a later English edition as a recovered autograph of Giuseppe Verdi.

## People

- Giuseppe Verdi: https://factrail.ai/people/giuseppe-verdi

## Drivers

- Digital Learning Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access

## Sources

- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giuseppe-Verdi
- https://www.teatroallascala.org/en/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

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