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PUCCINI, GIACOMO (1858– )

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PUCCINI, GIACOMO (1858– )

PUCCINI, GIACOMO (1858– ) , See also:

ITALIAN

Italian operatic composer, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

Lucca, of a See also:

FAMILY

family already distinguished in See also:

MUSIC

music; his See also:

GREAT

great-great-grandfather Giacomo, great-grandfather See also:

Antonio, grandfather Domenico, and See also:

FATHER

father Michele, being all well known in the See also:

ART

art. He was educated at the See also:

Milan See also:

CONSERVATOIRE (the Fr. equivalent of Ital. Conservatorio, Ger. Conservatorium, from Med. Lat. conservatorium, a place where anything is preserved, Lat. conservare, to preserve)

Conservatoire, and in 1884 his See also:

OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera Le Villi was performed at the Teatro dal Verme. In 1889 his See also:

Edgar was performed at La Scala, and in 1893 his Manon Lescaut in See also:

TURIN

Turin. But it was the See also:

PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of La Boheme in Turin in 1896 that made him famous, and this opera had a great success everywhere. Tosca followed in 1900, and in 1904 kadama Butterfly confirmed the highest opinions of his See also:

TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

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