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'''Giacomo Puccini''' (1858 – 1924) was an [[Italian]] [[composer]]. | '''Giacomo Puccini''' (1858 – 1924) was an [[Italian]] [[composer]]. | ||
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| + | ... on his own most characteristic level, where erotic passion, sensuality, tenderness, pathos and despair meet and fuse, he was an unrivalled master. His melodic gift and harmonic sensibility, his consummate skill in orchestration and unerring sense of theatre combined to create a style that was wholly original, homogeneous and compelling. <ref>[http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/puccini.html Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)] </ref> | ||
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== Some works == | == Some works == | ||
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*Tosca (1900) | *Tosca (1900) | ||
*Madama Butterfly (1904) | *Madama Butterfly (1904) | ||
| + | *Il Trittico, premiered in New York, (1918) | ||
*Turandot (unfinished) | *Turandot (unfinished) | ||
Revision as of 03:50, September 29, 2008
Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924) was an Italian composer.
... on his own most characteristic level, where erotic passion, sensuality, tenderness, pathos and despair meet and fuse, he was an unrivalled master. His melodic gift and harmonic sensibility, his consummate skill in orchestration and unerring sense of theatre combined to create a style that was wholly original, homogeneous and compelling. [1]
Some works
- Manon Lescaut (1893)
- La Bohème (1896)
- Tosca (1900)
- Madama Butterfly (1904)
- Il Trittico, premiered in New York, (1918)
- Turandot (unfinished)
See also
External links
- Giacomo Puccini Centro studi Giacomo Puccini.