Giacomo Puccini


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[details ←] Suor Angelica, vocal,

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Born: 22 December 1858 — Lucca — Italy
Died: 29 November 1924 — Brussel — Belgium
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Life

Puccini belongs to the most important italian composers of operas. At the age of 17, he composed his first piece - something for organ. However, after seeing Verdis "Aida" he was so impressed, that he promised to write just operas. From 1880 - 83 Puccini studied at the conservatory of Milano and took part in an opera competition in 1884. But his composition "Le Villi" wasn´t noticed by the jury. In spite of this the piece was performed successfully at the Milano Teatro dal Verme. With his opera "Manon Lescaut" he made it finally. The perfomance of "La fanciulla del West" at the NY Met in 1910 brought him the necessary honor. His last opera "Turandot" couldn´t be finished, Giacomo Puccini died during the work on November 27th 1924 because of a cancer desease.

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Italy, Viareggio, Viale Regina Margherita, 30, 'La Passeggiata' Gran Caffè Margherita

habitual café of Puccini http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Caff%C3%A8_Margherita http://www.ristorantemargherita.it/
Italy, Torre de Lago Puccini, Piazzale Belvedere

Puccini monument - summer festival in open-air theatre [opera house]
Italy, Celle dei Puccini, Via Meletori, 27

original home of Puccini family - ancestor G. Puccini *1712 ; Puccini 1924 (Turandot)
Italy, Bagni di Lucca, Casino Municipale
[composer worked here] young Puccini as pianist in Casino - several visits in later years
Italy, Vicopelago, Convento d. monache agostiniane

here Puccini found inspiration for Suor Angelica; his piano still extant
Italy, Lucca, Piazza della Magione
monument of Carlo Angelini, teacher of Puccini and Catalani, director of the Conservatorio
Italy, Lucca, Via San Paolino San Paolino

[composer worked here] young Puccini as organist; organ extant
Italy, Lucca, Piazza Citadella
Puccini monument
Italy, Lucca, Via di Poggio, 30

birthplace of Giacomo Puccini *1858 - entrance Corte San Lorenzo, 9
Italy, Milano, Via Solferino, 27
[building closed][memorial tablet] Puccini 1889-99
Italy, Capalbio, Borgo - Castello Palazzo Collacchioni
in 'Sala Puccini' fortepiano Conrad Graf, used by Puccini
Italy, Lucca, Piazza San Martino Duomo

[composer worked here] Guami family, Puccini family - organ by De Bavanis 1615
Italy, Lucca, Piazza San Ponziano, 6 Istituto Mus. Luigi Boccherini
former Istituto Pacini - music academy (Puccini and Catalani studied here) - archive
Italy, Lucca, Via Fillungo, 58 Antico Caffè Di Sino
'Caffè Storico Letterario' - habitual café of Puccini, seat under the clock
Italy, Lucca, Piazza San Francesco San Francesco

grave of Boccherini (†1805, Madrid) - memorial tablets for Geminiani (*1687 in Lucca) and Puccini
Switzerland, Vacallo (TI), Via G. Puccini 2 — 1890
Puccini 1890-92, Manon Lescaut
Switzerland, Vacallo (TI), Via G. Puccini 2 — 1890
Puccini 1890-92, Manon Lescaut
Italy, Lucca, Piazza del Giglio Teatro del Giglio — 1891
built 1693/1819 - opera, concert - FP Edgar by Puccini (1891)
Italy, Pescia - Uzzano, Via delle Pille Villa del Castellaccio/Anzilotti — 1895
Giacomo Puccini summer 1895 (La Bohème)
Italy, Chiatri, Villa Puccini — 1898
Puccini bought this house in 1898, but lived here only sporadically: too remote
Italy, Monsagrati, Villa Mansi — 1898
here Puccini worked in 1898 at Tosca http://www.villamansi.com/
Italy, Torre de Lago Puccini, Viale Puccini, 266 — 1901

villa of Puccini 1901-21 - his grave inside http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_del_Lago http://www.puccinifestival.it/
Italy, Abetone-Boscolungo, Strada Statale Lo Scoglietto / Villa Imperatori — 1903

Puccini bought this house in 1903 and used it as summerhouse till 1912
Italy, Ansedonia, Torre della Tagliata — 1919

hunting lodge Puccini 1919-20 - [memorial tablet] inside, not accessible (militairy ground) http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_della_Tagliata
Italy, Viareggio, Piazza Puccini, 12 — 1921
house of Puccini 1921-24
Italy, Pescia Fiorentina, Casa Magrini — 1921

house of family Magrini, host of Puccini - memorial tablet from 1921

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21 April 1889: Premiere of Edgar, in Milan, Italy.
1 February 1893: Premiere of Manon Lascaut, in Turino, Italy.
1 February 1896: Premiere of La Bohème, in Turino, Italy.
14 January 1900: Premiere of Tosca, in Rome, Italy.
17 February 1904: Premiere of Madama Butterfly, in Milan, Italy.
10 December 1910: Premiere of La Fanciulla del West, in New York, USA.
14 December 1918: Premiere of Il Trittico, in New York, USA.
25 April 1926: Premiere of Turandot, in Milan, Italy.

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