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Bookmark or Share- Giacomo Puccini summary | BritannicaGiacomo Puccini, (born Dec. 22, 1858, Lucca, Tuscany—died Nov. 29, 1924, Brussels, Belg.), Italian composer. Born into a family of organists and choirmasters, he was inspired to write operas after hearing Giuseppe Verdi ’s Aïda in 1876.
- List of compositions by Giacomo Puccini - WikipediaGiacomo Puccini. The Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) is regarded as the natural successor to the tradition of Giuseppe Verdi and is considered the greatest Italian opera proponent of his time.
- Giacomo Puccini - WikipediaThe Puccini family was established in Lucca as a local musical dynasty by Puccini's great-great-grandfather – also named Giacomo (1712–1781). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This first Giacomo Puccini, though often referred to as Jacopo, was maestro di cappella of the Cattedrale di San Martino in Lucca. [ 5 ]
- Giacomo Puccini | Biography, Operas, & Facts | BritannicaGiacomo Puccini, Italian composer, one of the greatest exponents of operatic realism, who virtually brought the history of Italian opera to an end. His mature operas included La Boheme (1896), Tosca (1900), Madama Butterfly (1904), and Turandot (left incomplete).
- Giacomo Puccini - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaGiacomo Puccini. Giacomo Puccini (23 December 1858 - 29 November 1924) was the most famous Italian opera composer after Verdi. He wrote 16 operas. Most of them are performed very often today.
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