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Jun 6, 2023 · Composing what would be his last opera, Giacomo Puccini was struggling to humanize Turandot, daughter of the Emperor and a woman of mesmerizing beauty. Early in the opera, she had cruelly...
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Sep 1, 2015 · Giacomo Puccini, one of the best known composers of all time, was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer and died from the disease in 1924. In this article, Rosario Marchese-Ragona and Alessandro Martini describe Puccini’s experience of the disease with quotes from the man himself and put into context the diagnosis and treatment of laryngeal cancer ...
Puccini and his wife never understood how serious the cancer was, as the news was revealed only to his son. Puccini died in Brussels on 29 November 1924, aged 65, from complications after the treatment; uncontrolled bleeding led to a heart attack the day after surgery.
2024 is the centenary anniversary of Puccini’s death, and so it makes sense that the prominent festival of the composer’s operas at Torre del Lago (the Tuscan lakeside resort where he lived) should feature Turandot this year – his last opera, that wasn’t quite complete when he died unexpectedly following surgery.
Jun 11, 2022 · Hidden Belgium: The house where Puccini died. Saturday, 11 June 2022. The Italian composer Giacomo Puccini was 65 years old when he arrived in Brussels accompanied by his son Antonio. He had come to a specialised private clinic in Ixelles for an operation to treat throat cancer.
May 28, 2024 · His work on Turandot, begun in 1920, proved challenging, and Puccini frequently contemplated abandoning the project. Diagnosed with cancer of the larynx after years of battling a persistent sore throat, he traveled to a specialized clinic in Brussels for pioneering radiotherapy treatment.
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Born: December 22, 1858. Birthplace: Lucca, Italy. Star Sign: Capricorn. Died: November 29, 1924 (aged 65) Cause of Death: Throat cancer. Career Highlights. 1893-02-01 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Manon Lescaut" premieres in Turin. 1896-02-01 Giacomo Puccini's opera "La Boheme" premieres in Turin.
