Giacomo Puccini - Lucca, Italia
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Statue of the Italian composer Giacomo Puccini at the Plazza Citadella, Luca, Toscana, Italy
Waymark Code: WMC0WY
Location: Toscana, Italy
Date Posted: 07/12/2011
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Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (22 December 1858 – 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire.
Puccini was born in Lucca in Tuscany in 1858. From 1891 onwards, Puccini spent most of his time at Torre del Lago, a small community about fifteen miles from Lucca situated between the Ligurian Sea and Lake Massaciuccoli, just south of Viareggio.
Operas written at Torre del Lago
* Manon Lescaut (1893), his third opera
* La bohème (1896) is considered one of his best works as well as one of the most romantic operas ever composed
* Tosca (1900)
* Madama Butterfly (1904) was initially greeted with great hostility (mostly organized by his rivals) but, after some reworking, became another of his most successful operas.
By 1900, he had acquired land and built a villa on the lake, now known as the "Villa Museo Puccini." He lived there until 1921, when pollution produced by peat works on the lake forced him to move to Viareggio, a few kilometres north. After his death, a mausoleum was created in the Villa Puccini and the composer is buried there in the chapel, along with his wife and son who died later.(source: Wikipedia)
Name of Musician: Giacomo Puccini
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