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| Composer | Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Librettist | Guelfo Civinini, Carlo Zangarini |
| Year | 1910 |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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La fanciulla del West revival fails to reignite the spark in Naples
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Huge de Ana's staging is carefully crafted but feels dramaturgically outdated as the Teatro di San Carlo heads into the twilight of sovrintendente Stéphane Lissner’s final season.
Hearts of gold: a gritty La fanciulla at Staatsoper Berlin
A superb musical foundation under Antonio Pappano forms the basis for a satisfying new Fanciulla del West at the Staatoper in Berlin.
Eyvazov shines in Met's Fanciulla
The audience for The Met's first performance of La fanciulla del West this season arrived loaded for bear. Not only were they disappointed that Jonas Kaufmann was not singing (he's slated for shows starting 17th October), but their disappointment was heightened by the fact that tenor Yusif Eyvazov was singing.
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A journey through Puccini’s Tuscany
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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.
Puccini and the moderns: a composer in the 20th century
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2024 marks the centenary of Giacomo Puccini’s death. Yet his work is often relegated from histories of 20th-century music. Puccini scholar Alexandra Wilson explores the diversity – and modernism – of the composer’s later operas.
Bachtrack top ten: Giacomo Puccini
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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.