The tenor solo "Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano" in which Dick Johnson wishes that the title character not be told that he is dead, may be the most famous aria of, FTP, what Puccini opera, set in California during the Gold Rush?
In act one of this opera, "Che farrano vecchi miei" causes Larkens to cry.  The title character describes her life in "Oh, se sapeste" in act two, and in "Laggi? nel Soledad, era piccina" in act one, she imagines a happy life after marrying Jack Rance.  The tenor solo "Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano" in which Dick Johnson wishes that the title character not be told that he is dead, may be the most famous aria of, FTP, what Puccini opera, set in California during the Gold Rush?
In act one of this opera, "Che farrano vecchi miei" causes Larkens to cry.  
Girl of the Golden West or La Fanciulla del West