Werk: Turandot

Puccini, who died 100 years ago this year, had a lasting fondness for his native Tuscany – and despite his wealth and fame in later life never moved far from his birthplace in Lucca.

2024 jährt sich der Todestag von Giacomo Puccini zum 100. Mal. Dennoch wird sein Werk oft aus der Geschichte der Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts verdrängt. Die Puccini-Expertin Alexandra Wilson erkundet die Vielfalt – und den Modernismus – der späteren Opern des Komponisten.

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.