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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.
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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Jun 30, 2024 · The Teatro alla Scala commemorates the 100th anniversary of Giacomo Puccini's death with an extravagant new production of his final opera, Turandot, which was left incomplete when he died of a heart attack at the age of 66.
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.
Oct 8, 2024 · It features original documents from the Archivio Storico Ricordi, including the unpublished sketches for the final duet of Turandot that Puccini had with him in Brussels before his death (on show for the first time), and an animation that uses AI to recreate the sets of the unfinished opera according to the composer’s original intentions.
Feb 17, 2024 · This year sees the centenary of the death of Giacomo Puccini. His life and art are set to be celebrated in two sell-out gala concerts with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and guest artists, 100...
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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.
