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Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

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Giacomo Puccini and conductor Arturo Toscanini in 1910 © Public domain
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Bachtrack top ten: Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini knew how to pull the heartstrings in his music. He made his soprano characters suffer... but also composed some of his best music for them. Our top ten inevitably focuses on his operas, but there is a little surprise at the end…
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Year of birth1858
Year of death1924
NationalityItaly
PeriodRomantic
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BudapestBest of Puccini

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Hungarian State Opera: Auditorium, Aug 06, 08, 11, 13, 15, 18
Puccini
Gergely Madaras; Attila Toronykőy; Hungarian State Opera; István Dénes; Balázs Fügedi; Katalin Juhász; Tamás Pillinger
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VoutezacDiva Opera - La bohème

Festival de la Vézère
Château du Saillant, Fri 7 Aug at 20:00
Puccini: La bohème
Bryan Evans; Diva Opera
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VeronaTurandot

Fondazione Arena di Verona
Arena di Verona, Aug 07, 14, 21, 27, Sep 03, 11
Puccini: Turandot
Andrea Battistoni; Franco Zeffirelli; Arena di Verona Corps de Ballet; Emi Wada; Arena di Verona Orchestra; Arena di Verona Chorus
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ClergouxDiva Opera - La bohème

Festival de la Vézère
Château de Sédières, Sun 9 Aug at 18:00
Puccini: La bohème
Bryan Evans; Diva Opera
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AmsterdamKings Return: magical a cappella harmonies

Het Concertgebouw
Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Tue 18 Aug at 20:00
Mozart, Rossini, Delibes, Bizet, Orff, Saint-Saëns, Beethoven, Rimsky-Korsakov, Verdi, Puccini, Traditional, Berlin, Carmichael, Troup, Hargrove, Redding, Wonder
Kings Return
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Tosca goes over the top at Torre del Lago

Ludovic Tézier (Scarpia) and Eleonora Buratto (Tosca) © Giorgio Andreuccetti
Simon Thompson, 18 Jul
Oversized acting meets top-drawer singing at the Puccini Festival at Torre del Lago. 
****1
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Puccini Festival at Torre de Lago opens with a centennial Turandot

Turandot, Act 2 © Giorgio Andreuccetti
Simon Thompson, 17 Jul
There's a taste of magic in the air for the Puccini Festival’s opening production, a centennial Turandot. 
****1
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A midsummer Christmas delight: La bohème at Covent Garden

Juliana Grigoryan (Mimì) © RBO | Ian Hippolyte
Roy Westbrook, 05 Jul
It's the world's best opera – if we can define that as the one best suited to the distinctive talents of a composing genius.
*****
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Opera Holland Park makes a convincing case for La fanciulla del West

Adrian Edwards (Sonora) and Amanda Echalaz (Minnie) © Craig Fuller
Dominic Lowe, 26 May
A thoughtful production from Martin Lloyd-Evans and magnificent playing from Matthew Kofi Walden and the City of London Sinfonia make the case for why Puccini's under-appreciated work is actually so sophisticated. 
****1
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Glyndebourne’s first Tosca: vocally strong but imperfect

Caitlin Gotimer (Tosca) and Matteo Lippi (Cavaradossi) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd | Richard Hubert Smith
David Karlin, 21 May
Ted Huffman brings some interesting ideas to his first Glyndebourne production. Excellent singing is let down by indifferent physical acting.
***11
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