Giacomo puccini biography turandot lyric opera house

Arturo Toscanini At the time of the premiere, Puccini himself had been dead for 17 months.

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And therein lies our tale. Giacomo Puccini was born in the Tuscan city of Lucca on December 22, , and died in Brussels, Belgium on November 29, , three weeks shy of his 66 th birthday. Sometime in early March , Puccini was having lunch in Milan with the librettists Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni Discussing stories that could be turned into operas, Simoni brought up the name of the Venetian playwright Carlo Gozzi , and suggested they look over his works.

What about it indeed! Simoni had a copy of the play in his nearby apartment; he ran home, retrieved it, and gave it to Puccini to read. Having read and, we expect, reread! And then? Spring turned to summer; summer to fall. If they wait much longer I shall have to get them to put pen, paper, and ink-pot in my tomb! What a cheerful idea! See the full post, only on Patreon!

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