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Giacomo Puccini with conductor Arturo Toscanini. After 1904, Puccini's compositions were less frequent. In 1906 Giacosa died and, in 1909, there was a scandal after Puccini's wife, Elvira, falsely accused their maid Doria Manfredi of having an affair with Puccini.
Feb 21, 2014 · The premiere of Giacomo Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" is one of the greatest opera scandals in Italy's history. However, the work has gone on to become one of the most cherished works in the...
This exhibition celebrates the Met’s long and distinguished history with the great composer’s masterpieces, a proud tradition that has resulted in some of the company’s most spectacular productions and set the stage for legendary performances by generations of opera’s biggest stars.
Behind the Bohemians: Puccini at 150, by Patrick O'Connor (Gramophone, February 2008) James McCarthy. Thursday, January 10, 2013. Giacomo Puccini (Tully Potter Collection)
The funeral procession of Italian operatic composer Giacomo Puccini , who died on November 19, 1924. The procession is passing the Royal Palace in Brussels, Belgium, en route to a train that would... Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images
T wenty-four years ago, when Arturo Toscanini conducted the world premiere of Giacomo Puccini’s unfinished opera, Turandot, he abruptly stopped the show in the middle of the third act—at the...
Joseph Urban’s set design for Act II of the 1922 production of Madama Butterfly. Photo: White Studio. Left: The Met agreed to pay Puccini 20,000 lire, plus travel expenses, in exchange for the composer to oversee the productions and attend the premieres of Manon Lescaut and Madama Butterfly.
