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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. The opera was immediately stopped, and the orchestra played Chopin's Funeral March for the stunned audience. [57]
Sep 18, 2024 · Giacomo Puccini (born December 22, 1858, Lucca, Tuscany [Italy]—died November 29, 1924, Brussels, Belgium) was an Italian composer, one of the greatest exponents of operatic realism, who virtually brought the history of Italian opera to an end.
- Claudio Sartori
Apr 2, 2014 · However, in 1864 Michele passed away when Puccini was just 5 years old, and so the position was held for him by the church in anticipation of his eventual coming of age.
Jun 6, 2023 · Giacomo Puccini died of a heart attack in Brussels on 29 November 1924. A heavy smoker all of his life, he was undergoing treatment for throat cancer at the time. Puccini had joined the Fascist party, and the dictator Benito Mussolini delivered the funeral oration at a service in Milan's Duomo Cathedral where Toscanini conducted the orchestra.
- Mark Cartwright
Puccini died on 29 November 1924, aged 65, from a heart attack caused by surgical complications. Puccini’s final opera, Turandot, was left unfinished at the time of his death in 1924, and was completed by the composer Franco Alfano who based the last two scenes on sketches by Puccini.
- December 22, 1858
- November 29, 1924
Giacomo Puccini (Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini) was born on December 22, 1858 in Lucca, Italy. He was one of the greatest exponents of operatic realism, who virtually brought the history of Italian opera to an end.
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However, when Michele Puccini died in 1864, his son Giacomo was only six years old, and thus not capable of taking over his father's job. As a child, he nevertheless participated in the musical life of the Cattedrale di San Martino, as a member of the boys' choir and later as a substitute organist.