Giacomo Puccini
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Mar 1, 2009 · Giacomo Puccini, the son of a Tuscan organist, achieves world-wide recognition as a composer of operas and dies from throat cancer in the middle of an artistic crisis, at the age of just sixty-six. Director. Giorgio Capitani.
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- Giorgio Capitani
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May 28, 2022 · Puccini: Directed by Tony Palmer. With Robert Stephens, Virginia McKenna, Judith Howarth, Robert Urquhart. When Italian composer Giacomo Puccini is accused of sleeping with his maid, the scandal threatens to destroy his life and career.
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- Tony Palmer
- 2022-05-28
La Fanciulla del West, Puccini's penultimate opera is based on a play by David Belasco set at the height of the notorious California gold rush. The composer took three years to complete the work, which, for him, marked a new stylish departure.
Synopsis. In Torre del Lago, by Lake Massaciuccoli, Puccini is writing "The Girl of the Golden West" when his wife Elvira accuses him of a dalliance with their maid, Doria Manfredi, a young women from town.
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When Italian composer Giacomo Puccini is accused of sleeping with his maid, the scandal threatens to destroy his life and career. This biopic intercuts with...
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Giacomo Puccini [n 1] (22 December 1858 – 29 November 1924) [1] was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest [2] and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long line of composers, stemming from the late- Baroque era.
