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Les vêpres siciliennes opens in Paris on 13 June 1855 as Verdi’s French grand opera for the Opéra

Second Empire Paris Opéra machine; five-act French grand opera conventions. In the causal graph this event strengthens the driver Industrial-Policy Activism.

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Italian translations are later carriers.

Context

Don Carlos 1867 is a later Paris row.

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

Second Empire Paris Opéra machine; five-act French grand opera conventions.

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

    Named composer of the French grand opera. Scribe and the Opéra share the premiere.

What changed

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

    1. FactLes vêpres siciliennes opens in Paris on 13 June 1855 as Verdi’s French grand opera for the Opéra
    2. strengthensDriverIndustrial-Policy Activism

    impact weight 0.45 · Effect from 13 June 1855 · verified

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Ricordi — Verdi publishing house heritageCasa Ricordi · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Giuseppe VerdiEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Britannica dates Les vêpres siciliennes to 13 June 1855 at the Paris Opéra.

Britannica and Ricordi heritage independently date the 1855 Paris Vêpres premiere.

Established: 13 June 1855 Opéra premiere. Not established: unique colonial readings as his intent.

Giuseppe Verdi did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act. Keep Italian Vespri translations distinct as carriers.

Causal path

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

  1. ActorGiuseppe Verdi
  2. contributed toFactLes vêpres siciliennes opens in Paris on 13 June 1855 as Verdi’s French grand opera for the Opéra
  3. strengthensDriverIndustrial-Policy Activism

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Factrail. (2026). Les vêpres siciliennes opens in Paris on 13 June 1855 as Verdi’s French grand opera for the Opéra. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gv-vespri-1855

https://factrail.ai/facts/gv-vespri-1855

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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