giacomo puccini

     

Composer whose works inspired stage hits by David Henry Hwang & Jonathan Larson

Trivia about giacomo puccini

  • "Il Trittico" -- "The Triptych" -- is a trilogy of one-act operas by this composer of "Tosca"
  • On their 1994 & 1998 albums, Luciano performs "Nessun Dorma" from this composer's "Turandot"
  • When his "Madama Butterfly" opened at La Scala in 1904, it was greeted with hisses
  • Minnie runs a saloon in a California mining camp in this Italian composer's opera "The Girl of the Golden West"
  • When this composer's opera "La boheme" premiered in Turin, Arturo Toscanini conducted the orchestra
  • "The Witches", the 1st opera by this composer of "Madama Butterfly", may be based on the ballet "Giselle"
  • "Museita's Waltz" is a highlight of this composer's 1896 opera "La boheme"
  • This "Turandot" composer's opera "Sister Angelica" is set in a convent & has an all-female cast
  • Maria Callas was noted for her passionate performance in this composer's "Tosca"
  • He revised "Madama Butterfly" in the weeks following its less-than-successful La Scala premiere
  • In 1893, 9 years after Massenet's "Manon", this Italian composer told a similar story in "Manon Lescaut"