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Puccini wrote orchestral pieces, sacred music, chamber music, solo music for piano and organ and songs for voice and piano, most notably his 1880 mass Messa di gloria, his Preludio Sinfonico of 1882, and his 1890 string quartet movement Crisantemi. However, he is primarily known for his operas:
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- Gianni Schicchi. Gianni Schicchi takes place in 13th-century Florence, and the story was derived from a passage in Dante’s Inferno. In Puccini’s only comedy Gianni Schicchi is asked to fix a will on behalf of a family so that they inherit, but instead cunningly makes himself and his daughter the sole beneficiaries.
- La Bohème. La Bohème’s story of young artists living hand-to-mouth in 1830s Paris was not so distant from the composer’s own student experiences in Milan.
- La Fanciulla Del West (‘The Girl Of The Golden West’) La Fanciulla Del West (‘The Girl of the Golden West’) was commissioned and premiered by the Metropolitan Opera, New York.
- La Rondine (‘The Swallow’) Gentle domestic comedy The Swallow finds Puccini at his most emotionally deft and skillful, composing with a masterly fastidiousness that spills over in the unforgettable ‘Chi Il Belsogno Di Doretta.’
Apr 2, 2014 · Italian composer Giacomo Puccini started the operatic trend toward realism with popular works such as 'La Bohème' and 'Madama Butterfly.'
May 8, 2024 · Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer, one of the greatest exponents of operatic realism, who virtually brought the history of Italian opera to an end. His mature operas included La Boheme (1896), Tosca (1900), Madama Butterfly (1904), and Turandot (left incomplete).
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Born into a family of musicians and composers, Giacomo Puccini became the leading Italian composer of his generation. Puccini’s operas are among the most frequently performed and best-loved operas in the entire repertoire and include La bohème, Tosca and Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly).
- December 22, 1858
- November 29, 1924
- Giacomo Puccini was an Italian composer, mainly known for his operas. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most successful proponents o...
- Puccini was born in Lucca, in 1858. Lucca is a city on the Serchio river in Italy’s Tuscany region.
- Puccini is pronounced ‘puh·chee·nee’
- Puccini wrote 12 operas in total, seven of which are commonly performed works. He also wrote orchestral pieces, piano pieces, chamber music, mass a...
- Puccini suffered a heart attack due to complications from surgery for throat cancer. Puccini died in Brussels on 29 November 1924. He was aged 65 a...
- La bohème, Tosca and Madama Butterfly are usually considered Puccini’s most famous operas. Other of his notable operas include La Fanciulla del Wes...
The Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) is regarded as the natural successor to the tradition of Giuseppe Verdi and is considered the greatest Italian opera proponent of his time.
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Jul 27, 2016 · Giacomo Puccini (b. 1858–d. 1924) composed twelve operas as well as songs, choral compositions, and instrumental works. He was born into the final stages of the Italian battle for unification ( Risorgimento ) and grew up in the shadow of Verdi, Risorgimento hero and iconic composer of Italian opera.
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