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Born: 23 December
1858, Lucca, Italy
Died: 29 November 1924, Brussel, Belgium
Puccini,
Giacomo
Among the greatest of Italian
opera writers. Puccini was born in
Lucca,
son of a musical family who continued, in spite of financial difficulties,
to learn music and served as an organist
in a local church. Having seen Verdi's
"Aida",
he decided to become an opera
writer. After his first few operas that were less than successful,
"La Bohème" placed him among
the predominant composers. "Tosca"
perpetuated his status and fame, but "Madam
Butterfly"
suffered the audience's contempt. Only after shortening it, did it become
popular and today it's one of the most beloved operas in the world.
Puccini's music shows a strong gift for melody,dramatic
effect and exotic plots. He was one of the opera
composers, who wrote about daily-life topics, a trend called "opera
verismo",
and like Bizet,
Leoncavallo
and Mascagni,
he went against the prevailing contemporary tendency of librettos about
legendary, mythical and imaginary themes. Puccini was not afraid to confront
the church (in "Tosca")
or western colonialism (as he did in "Madam
Butterfly"), and his operas reflect a fascinating social point
of view. He did not live to finish his last opera, "Turandot",
and it was completed after his death.
Two years after his death, his remains were interrned
at his house at Torre del Lago which, after
his wife's death in 1930, was turned into a museum.
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He played
and
He Lived in the
Romantic period
In
Italy
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