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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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VeronaTurandot

Fondazione Arena di Verona
Arena di Verona, Aug 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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MindenXenia Cumento / Daniel Spaw

North West German Philharmonic
Kleiner Domhof, Fri 28 Aug at 19:30
Rossini, Puccini, Fischer, Dostal, Herbert, Modugno
North West German Philharmonic; Daniel Spaw; Xenia Cumento
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ReykjavíkOur Classics

© Eygló Gísla
Harpa Concert Hall: Eldborg - Main Hall, Fri 28 Aug at 20:00
Smetana, Björk, Mozart, Eiríksson, Puccini, Stenhammar, Bach, Donizetti, Sibelius, Ísólfsson, Tchaikovsky
Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Daníel Bjarnason; Ásta Dóra Finnsdóttir; Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir; Bryndís Guðjónsdóttir; Elmar Gilbertsson
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ViennaRossini, Donizetti, Puccini

Musikverein Wien
Musikverein: Großer Saal, Sat 29 Aug at 15:30
Rossini, Wang Shiguang, Zhu, Donizetti, Puccini, Qianshu, Kai, Deyi, Rodgers, He, Mozart, Offenbach, Bin, Jin
Helge Dorsch; Keqing Liu; Xiaoming Yu; Chunhe Zhang; Sisi Zhu
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Bad SalzuflenXenia Cumento / Daniel Spaw

North West German Philharmonic
Konzerthalle, Aug 30, eve
Rossini, Puccini, Fischer, Dostal, Herbert, Modugno
North West German Philharmonic; Daniel Spaw; Xenia Cumento
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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
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.
*****
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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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