Italian composer best known for his operas La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot.

Born 1858 in Lucca; died 1924. Collaborated with librettists Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

DeBaser reviews praise Puccini's emotional lyricism and theatrical immediacy. Reviewers highlight master recordings and star singers (Callas, Pavarotti, Freni, Karajan, Mehta). Key operas discussed are La Bohème, Madama Butterfly, Tosca and Turandot. Reviews view Puccini as modernizing opera's emotional focus.

For:Opera lovers, classical-music listeners, record collectors, students of lyric theatre

 "Music is the chosen homeland of those who know how to abstract themselves from the world's miseries" G. Puccini

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 One of the greatest listens a human being can extract from a piece of plastic containing a universe.

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 "Here, at this point, Giacomo Puccini stopped. This time death was stronger than art."

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 Ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me, il nome mio nessun saprà! . . . All'alba vincerò! Vincerò! Vincerò.

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