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

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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

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

Tosca

Bavarian State Opera

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BudapestTosca

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Hungarian State Opera: Auditorium, Tue 24 Feb at 18:30

Puccini: Tosca

Gergely Kesselyák; Szilveszter Ókovács; Hungarian State Opera; Krisztina Lisztopád; Tamás Pillinger; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

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Musikverein: Großer Saal, Sun 8 Mar at 19:30

Puccini, Elgar, Beethoven

Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra; Michael Maciaszczyk; István Várdai

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LondonThe Firebird Orchestra, with Ariel Lanyi (piano), conducted by George Jackson

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St John's, Waterloo, Sun 8 Mar at 18:00

Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Puccini, Haydn

Firebird Chamber Orchesta; George Jackson; Ariel Lanyi

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ParisTosca

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Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, Mar 12, 15 mat, 18, 21, 24, 28, 31, Apr 03, 06 mat, 09, 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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LondonA Night at The Opera by Candlelight (feat. Nessun Dorma)

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St Mary-le-Strand, Thu 12 Mar at 18:00

Verdi, Mozart, Donizetti, Bizet, Puccini

The Piccadilly Sinfonietta; Susan Parkes

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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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A holiday Bohème: Puccini, Zeffirelli and tradition in Vienna

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Laura Servidei, 21 Dec

Giacomo Sagripanti conducts a luxuriant reading with a cast anchored by Juan Diego Flórez and Nicole Car, in Zeffirelli’s familiar, generous, unabashedly emotional production.

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