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Puccini at the Met A Centenary Celebration. The works of Giacomo Puccini form an essential part of the standard operatic repertory, capturing the hearts of audiences with their soaring melody, thrilling drama, and emotional impact.
Portrait of Giacomo Puccini on his deathbed on November 29 drawing by Henry Loyelovin. Torre Del Lago Puccini, Museo Villa Puccini Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images
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. News of his death reached Rome during a performance of La bohème.
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When Puccini died in 1924, his final opera, Turandot, remained unfinished. It took two years for Franco Alfano to complete the score, but anticipation for the last work of the most successful composer of the day was immense.
April 17, 1950 12:00 AM GMT-5. 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...
The curtain rises to this melodrama staged by Tosca – but she realises too late that her dream was nothing but a dream. The execution is not fake, the blood is real, and Cavaradossi is dead. Scarpia has betrayed her. Tosca jumps to her death from atop Castel Sant’Angelo.
