Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

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Giacomo Puccini and conductor Arturo Toscanini in 1910

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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…

Fact file

Year of birth	1858
Year of death	1924
Nationality	Italy
Period	Romantic

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A journey through Puccini’s Tuscany

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Puccini and the moderns: a composer in the 20th century

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Impostor turned imp: Gianni Schicchi in Dante and Puccini

Interview

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Joseph Calleja on the genius of Puccini

Streams with works by Giacomo PucciniMore...

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La bohème

Opéra national de Paris

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Tosca

Opéra national de Paris

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Turandot

Opéra national de Paris

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Manon Lescaut

Teatro Regio di Torino

Messa di Gloria

Nico Darmanin

Radio Filharmonisch Orkest & Karina Canellakis

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest)

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Vocal Masterclass with Joyce DiDonato - Puccini’s “Che gelida manina” from La bohème

Jose Simerilla Romero

Teatro Regio di Parma

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VilniusMadama Butterfly

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Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Apr 11, 15, 16, 17, 18

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Martynas Stakionis; Anthony Minghella; Lithuanian National Opera; Ričardas Šumila; Michael Levine; Han Feng; Peter Mumford

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ParisTosca

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Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, Apr 12 mat, 15, 18

Puccini: Tosca

Pierre Audi; Opéra national de Paris; Christof Hetzer; Robby Duiveman; Jean Kalman; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

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Nationaltheater, Sun 12 Apr at 17:00

Puccini: Tosca

Marco Armiliato; Kornél Mundruczó; Bavarian State Opera; Monika Pormale; Felice Ross; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

PragueCzech Chamber Music Society • Franco Vassallo

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Rudolfinum: Dvořák Hall, Sun 12 Apr at 17:30

Caccini, Scarlatti, Mozart, Rossini, Leoncavallo, Vaughan Williams, Chopin, Verdi, Puccini

Franco Vassallo; Giovanni Brollo

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StockholmMadama ButterflyNew production

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Royal Swedish Opera, Apr 14, 17, 20, 24, 27, May 04, 07, 10 mat, 13, 16 mat, 19, 22, 27

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Daniel Carter; Sofia Adrian Jupither; Royal Swedish Opera; Erlend Birkeland; Maria Geber; Ellen Ruge; Royal Swedish Orchestra

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Tragedy in the mirror: Minghella’s Madama Butterfly in Vienna

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Laura Servidei, 14 Mar

Ermonela Jaho returns to one of her signature roles as Cio-Cio-San, delivering a searing and deeply nuanced portrayal.

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A psychological Turandot in Ann Yee's Opera Australia staging

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Sandra Bowdler, 15 Jan

Opera Australia's new Turandot succeeds with musical, dramatic and visual values with a mix of local and imported talent.

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Livermore’s successful Bohème opens at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

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Pia Maltri, 14 Jan

Originally staged at the Caracalla Baths in 2014, Davide Livermore’s production comes in from the cold.

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Ailyn Pérez is the perfect Butterfly in the Met’s revival

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Robert Levine, 13 Jan

Good Butterflys are not that difficult to come by but great ones are very very rare. Ailyn Pérez fits the bill in this revival of Anthony Minghella’s classic staging.

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Ballet Nights, The New Year’s Day Concert: a win on all fronts

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Deborah Weiss, 01 Jan

Jamiel Devernay-Laurence’s winning formula for his Ballet Nights series has brought in new and old works, concert and dance, and continues to push the boundaries into 2026.

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