Giacomo 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.
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Cory Band in Concert! Volume V
Surrender - Voices of Persephone
De profundis, Miserere & Requiem
The A-Z of Opera (2nd Expanded Edition)
Strauss, Puccini & Verdi: Works for String Quartet
Naxos September 2014 New Release Sampler
Zum 60. Jubiläum Aufnahmen aus dem Jahre 1955
Opera Arias (Soprano): Borsi, Maria Luigia - PUCCINI, G. / VERDI, G. / CATALANI, A. / RESPIGHI, O. (Italian Soprano Arias)
CLASSICAL MUSIC FLOPPERS: Disastrous Premieres
A Guided Tour of the Romantic Era, Vol. 14
Italian Love Songs
TV Classics: Classical Music from Television Series and Commercials
Smooth Classics - 50 of the Best
Classical Music in Films - 50 of the Best
Opera - 50 of the Best