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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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StuttgartEine Reise durchs Opernhaus

Staatsoper Stuttgart
Beethoven, Kampe, Puccini, Pejačević, Verdi, Shostakovich, Schubert, Strauss R.
Staatsorchester Stuttgart; Lin Liao; Johannes Kammler; Kai Kluge; Charles Sy; Natasha Te Rupe Wilson

StockholmTosca

© The Royal Swedish Opera / Markus Gårder
Puccini: Tosca
Eivind Gullberg Jensen; Knut Hendriksen; Royal Swedish Opera; Vitali Alekseenok; André Callegaro; Björn Brusewitz; Ann-Mari Anttila

MadridPuccini - Manon Lescaut

© Manuel Alcorlo
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Nicola Luisotti; Carlos Wagner; Teatro Real; Frank Philipp Schlößmann; Jon Morrell; Nicol Hungsberg; Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

OxfordTosca

© No credit
Puccini: Tosca
Marios Papadopoulos; P Burton-Morgan; Oxford International Opera; Anthony Lamble; Tim Mitchell; Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra; Carmen Giannattasio

CardiffLa bohème

Welsh National Opera
Puccini: La bohème
Corinna Niemeyer; Floris Visser; Welsh National Opera; Dieuweke van Reij; Jon Morrell; Alex Brok; Welsh National Opera Orchestra
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A less familiar Madama Butterfly presented at Santa Fe Opera

Stephen Costello (Pinkerton) and Karen Chia-Ling Ho (Cio-Cio-San) © Bronwen Sharp for the Santa Fe Opera
Conductor John Fiore’s own performing version restores music and dramatic detail absent from the standard Madama Butterfly, with Karen Chia-Ling Ho a commanding Cio-Cio-San.
*****
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Tosca goes over the top at Torre del Lago

Ludovic Tézier (Scarpia) and Eleonora Buratto (Tosca) © Giorgio Andreuccetti
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
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
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
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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