O MIO PUCCINI CARO

O MY DEAR PUCCINI…
Puccini Gala on the centenary of the death of the famous composer
with GIANLUCA TERRANOVA, tenor
YASKO SATO, soprano
VINCENZO RANA, piano

It was November 29, 1924, when death took Giacomo Puccini at just 65 years old. The famous Italian composer was in Brussels attempting to treat a throat tumor that, unfortunately, left him no escape, preventing him from completing the last two scenes of "Turandot," an opera in three acts with a libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. "Turandot" would be performed posthumously under the direction of Maestro Arturo Toscanini, on April 25, 1926, at Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
Considered one of the greatest and most significant opera composers of all time, Puccini successfully developed his work in a personal direction, including some themes typical of musical Verismo and a certain taste for exoticism; dedicating himself to studying the work of Richard Wagner from both harmonic and orchestral perspectives, and deepening the use of the leitmotiv technique.
The young Puccini received his musical training at the conservatory in Milan, under the guidance of masters like Antonio Bazzini and Amilcare Ponchielli; at the famous Milanese institute, he also had the opportunity to meet Pietro Mascagni.
The most famous works of Giacomo Puccini, considered repertoire for major theaters worldwide, are La bohème (1896), Tosca (1900), Madama Butterfly (1904), and Turandot (1926).
On the centenary of his passing, the Friends of Music dedicate an evening to him that will feature one of the world's leading tenors interpreting the works of the great composer.
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