Puccini

Puccini

Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (22 December 1858 – 29 November 1924) was an Italian opera composer who has been called "the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi".

Puccini's early work was rooted in traditional late-19th-century romantic Italian opera. Later, he successfully developed his work in the realistic verismo style, of which he became one of the leading exponents.

Puccini's most renowned works are La bohème (1896), Tosca (1900), Madama Butterfly (1904), and Turandot (1924), all of which are among the important operas played as standards.

Both during his lifetime and in posterity, Puccini's success outstripped other Italian opera composers of his time, and he has been matched in this regard by only a handful of composers in the entire history of opera. Eleven of Puccini's operas are numbered among the 200 most-performed operas (worldwide, by composers of any nationality, as surveyed by Operabase). Three of his works (La bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly) rank among the top ten works performed, and Puccini ranks third (behind Verdi and Mozart) in the number of performances of his operas over all.

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Puccini

Puccini

Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (22 December 1858 – 29 November 1924) was an Italian opera composer who has been called "the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi".

Puccini's early work was rooted in traditional late-19th-century romantic Italian opera. Later, he successfully developed his work in the realistic verismo style, of which he became one of the leading exponents.

Puccini's most renown...

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PUCCINI Manon Lescaut

Live broadcast performance, 1956
Total duration: 2hr 13:13

Manon - Licia Albanese
Des Grieux - Jussi Björling
Lescaut - Frank Guarrera
Geronte - Fernando Corena
Edmondo - Thomas Hayward

Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos

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PUCCINI La Bohème

Studio recording, 1956
Total duration:  1hr 47:14 

Rodolfo - Jussi Björling
Mimi - Victoria de los Angeles
Marcello - Robert Merrill
Columbus Boys Choir
RCA Victor Chorus and Orchestra

conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham

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PUCCINI Tosca

Stereo studio recording, 1957
Total duration: 1hr 53:29

Tosca - Zinka Milanov
Cavaradossi - Jussi Björling
Scarpia - Leonard Warren

Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf


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PUCCINI Turandot

Studio recording, 1957
Total duration: 1hr 58:00

Turandot - Maria Callas
Liù - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Calaf - Eugenio Fernandi
Altoum - Giuseppe Nessi
Timur - Nicola Zaccaria

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
conducted by Tullio Serafin

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PUCCINI Manon Lescaut

Studio recording, 1957
Total duration: 2hr 0:35

Manon Lescaut - Maria Callas
Chevalier des Grieux - Giuseppe di Stefano
Lescaut - Giulio Fioravanti
Geronte di Ravoir - Franco Calabrese
Edmondo - Dino Formichini

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
conducted by Tullio Serafin

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PUCCINI La Bohème
Studio Recording · 1956
Total duration: 1hr 45:23

    Maria Callas - Mimì
    Giuseppe Di Stefano
    - Rodolfo
    Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
    Antonino Votto, conductor