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Giacomo PUCCINI

22 December 1858 -- 29 November 1924 (age 66)


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Giacomo Puccini is the Italian composer of some of the most popular and frequently performed operas. Many of his arias have introduced thousands to the joys of opera. An outstanding example of this is the 1990 Football World Cup' theme tune 'Nessun Dorma' from 'Turandot'.

Family

Works

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Family

Born: Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini
December 22, 1858 - November 29, 1924, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
into a family dynasty with five generations of musical history.
Father: Michele Puccini, organist of Lucca cathedral, died when he was 5
Mother: Albina Magi
Uncle: Fortunato Magi, his first music teacher.
Siblings: 5 sisters and one brother Michele who died aged 27
Wife: Elvira (who already had a daughter)
Children: Alberto
Died: of throat cancer.29 Nov 1924, Brussels, Belgium
Buried: in the private chapel of his home at Torre del Lago, nr Viareggio, Italy.
2012 Opera Calendar

2012 Opera Calendar

Available now.

This calendar has 12 of my portraits, all of opera composers, including Jacques.

Also Offenbach, Mozart, Berlioz, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Rossini, Wagner, Bizet, Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi.

Available from Etsy

There is also:
a 2012 Calendar of Italian Composers


Works

Operas by Puccini

  • Le Villi
  • Manon Lescaut
  • La Bohème
  • Tosca
  • Madama Butterfly
  • La Fanciulla del West
  • La Rondine
  • Il Trittico - three one-act operas:
    Il Tabarro,
    Suor Angelica and
    Gianni Schicchi
  • Turandot


Quotes

- "Art is a kind of illness."

- "Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements."

- “Cold calculation, random spots of color, mathematically exact construction (clearly shown or concealed), drawing that is now silent and now strident . . . . Is this not form?”



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Nessun Dorma from Turandot, sung by The 3 Tenors


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TOSCA - E Lucevan Le Stelle - an animation


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Links - and where to go for more information

Answers.com
www.answers.com/topic/giacomo-puccini

Last.fm
www.last.fm/music/Giacomo+Puccini

Annual Puccini Festival - Torri del Lago
www.puccinifestival.it

Google Books - Puccini by Mary Jane Phillips-Matz
books.google.co.uk/books

Italian Composers - more profiles here at 52composers.com
www.52composers.com/italian-composers.html



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