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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. Best known for his 12 operas , his style quickly departed from the predominant Romantic Italian style and he emerged as the most significant representative ...
Pages in category "Operas by Giacomo Puccini" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Giacomo Puccini [n 1] (22 December 1858 – 29 November 1924) [1] was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas.Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, [2] he was descended from a long line of composers, stemming from the late Baroque era.
The following is a list of operas and operettas with entries in Wikipedia. The entries are sorted alphabetically by title, with the name of the composer and the year of the first performance also given. For a list of operas sorted by name of composer, see List of operas by composer.
Turandot (Italian pronunciation: [1] or [turanˈdɔt] ⓘ; [2] [3] see below) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Puccini left the opera unfinished at the time of his death in 1924; it premiered in 1926 after the music was posthumously completed by Franco Alfano.
Operas with entries in The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera ed. Paul Gruber (Thames and Hudson, 1993). ISBN 0-393-03444-5 and/or Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas ed. John W Freeman (Norton, 1984). ISBN 0-393-01888-1; List of operas and their composers in Who's Who in British Opera ed. Nicky Adam (Scolar Press, 1993).
The operas premiered at the Metropolitan Opera on 14 December 1918. The critical reviews for Il trittico were mixed; most critics agreed that Gianni Schicchi was the best of the three operas. [4] Il trittico premiered in Rome on 11 January 1919. Puccini, who had not been present for the New York premiere, attended the production at the Rome ...
Operas by Giacomo Puccini (2 C, 18 P) Pages in category "Compositions by Giacomo Puccini" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
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