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…

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

View over Lucca, and towers of San Paolino and Torre delle Ore © R. Giomi

A journey through Puccini’s Tuscany

Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) © Public domain (c.1907)

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

Design for booklet cover by Peter Hoffer © Public domain

Impostor turned imp: Gianni Schicchi in Dante and Puccini

Interview

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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Il Trittico

Opéra national de Paris

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Madama Butterfly

Opéra national de Paris

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Tosca

Opéra national de Paris

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****1

Turandot

Opéra national de Paris

Free

La bohème

Latvian National Opera

Asmik Grigorian: “In questa reggia”

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Free

Luciano Pavarotti: "Nessun dorma"

Los Angeles Philharmonic

***11

Manon Lescaut

Teatro Regio di Torino

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LondonA Night at The Opera by Candlelight (feat. Nessun Dorma)

St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, Thu 15 Oct at 18:00

Verdi, Mozart, Donizetti, Bizet, Puccini

The Piccadilly Sinfonietta; Susan Parkes

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© The Royal Swedish Opera / Markus Gårder

Royal Swedish Opera, Oct 15, 18 mat, 23, 27, 31 mat, Nov 03, 07 mat, 10, 13, 16, 19, 24, 27

Puccini: Tosca

Eivind Gullberg Jensen; Knut Hendriksen; Royal Swedish Opera; Vitali Alekseenok; André Callegaro; Björn Brusewitz; Ann-Mari Anttila

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Hungarian State Opera: Auditorium, Oct 15, 28, Nov 10, 18, 2027 Jan 17, 20, 24

Puccini: Tosca

Cornelius Meister; István Dénes; Gergely Kesselyák; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus

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Staatsoper Stuttgart, Oct 17, 21

Puccini: Tosca

Francesco Cilluffo; Willy Decker; Staatsoper Stuttgart; Wolfgang Gussmann; Staatsorchester Stuttgart; Juliane Votteler

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Wigmore Hall, Tue 20 Oct at 19:30

Hahn, Grieg, Wolf, Puccini, Duparc, Strauss R., Berg, Chaminade, Grime, Schubert, Schumann, Messiaen, Debussy, Sibelius, Poulenc, Bonds

Louise Alder; Joseph Middleton

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Firing blanks: Oxford International Opera’s aimless Tosca

Sir Bryn Terfel (Scarpia) and chorus © Alex Brenner

Mark Pullinger, 24 Sep

The inaugural production of Oxford's new “international” company lacks direction, but Carmen Giannattasio’s Tosca makes the trip worthwhile.

**111

Stephen Costello (Pinkerton) and Karen Chia-Ling Ho (Cio-Cio-San) © Bronwen Sharp for the Santa Fe Opera

Thomas May, 08 Aug

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.

*****