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Giacomo Puccini

Composers

Giacomo Puccini was an Italian composer whose operas, written in the verismo tradition of emotionally direct, realistically observed drama, remain among the most frequently performed works in the world. La Boheme, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly established him as the leading Italian opera composer after Verdi, prized for lyrical, immediately memorable melody and a keen sense of theatrical pacing. His final opera, Turandot, was left unfinished at his death in 1924 and completed by another composer from his sketches. Puccini's gift for combining orchestral color with vocal writing that serves character and emotion has kept his major operas in continuous international repertoire.

Facts
Birth Year
1858 1
Death Year
1924 1
Nationality
Italian 1
Birth Date
1858-12-22 1
Death Date
1924-11-29 1
Birthplace
Lucca, Grand Duchy of Tuscany 1
Death Place
Brussels, Belgium 1
Training
Studied composition at the Milan Conservatory under Amilcare Ponchielli and others, after earlier study at Lucca's Pacini School of Music 1
Classification
Gender
Male 1
Connections

Works Created

Madama Butterfly, Works
Source The New Grove Dictionary of Music and MusiciansStanley Sadie, editor (successive editions)
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  • Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, nationality there.
Sources
1. Giacomo Puccini (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead paragraph 1
    was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas.
  • Lead paragraph 1 (birth-death parenthetical)
    (22 December 1858, 29 November 1924)
  • Family and education section
    he studied composition with Stefano Ronchetti-Monteviti, Amilcare Ponchielli, Amintore Galli, and Antonio Bazzini
  • Death section
    Puccini died in Brussels on 29 November 1924, aged 65, from complications after the treatment
  • Family and education section (birthplace)
    Born in Lucca in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, in 1858; he was the sixth of nine children of Michele Puccini
  • Gender reference
    His final opera, Turandot, was left unfinished at his death in 1924 and completed by another composer from his sketches.
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The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Stanley Sadie, editor (successive editions), Oxford University PressWorks Created: Madama Butterfly
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