- Giacomo Puccini - Wikipedia
Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, [2] he was descended from a long line of composers, stemming from the late Baroque era
- Giacomo Puccini | Biography, Operas, Facts | Britannica
Giacomo Puccini (born December 22, 1858, Lucca, Tuscany [Italy]—died November 29, 1924, Brussels, Belgium) was an Italian composer, one of the greatest exponents of operatic realism, who virtually brought the history of Italian opera to an end
- Giacomo Puccini - Operas, Compositions La Boheme - Biography
Who Was Giacomo Puccini? Italian composer Giacomo Puccini started the operatic trend toward realism with his popular works, which are among the most often performed in opera history
- Life - Puccini Museum
Giacomo Puccini was born in Lucca on 22 December, 1858, the last of a dynasty of composers who for more than a century held a virtual monopoly of the city’s musical life
- A beginner’s guide to Puccini - Yahoo
Among all the composers whose operas have continued to enthral audiences, Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) is unrivalled That’s perhaps surprising, because he created some of his most successful
- Giacomo Puccini: The Genius Behind Italian Opera - ITALIA MIA
Discover the life and operas of Giacomo Puccini, the legendary Italian composer known for masterpieces like La Bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly
- Giacomo Puccini - Italy Heritage
Considered a worthy successor of Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini brought the opera to an unprecedented realism and pathos, exploring in great depth the psychology of his heroines through a musical language inextricably joined to the lyrics and images
- Giacomo Puccini - rbo. org. uk
Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) is one of opera’s most popular composers His operas are famed worldwide for the drama and pathos of their plots, for their wonderful melodies and for the wealth of great roles they provide singers Puccini was born in Lucca to a family of church musicians
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