O MIO PUCCINI CARO

OH MY DEAR PUCCINI…
Puccini Gala in the centenary of the death of the famous composer
with GIANLUCA TERRANOVA, tenor
VINCENZO RANA, piano

It was on November 29, 1924 when death struck Giacomo Puccini at only 65 years old. The famous Italian composer was in Brussels trying to cure a throat tumor that, unfortunately, did not give him a chance, also 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" will be performed posthumously, under the direction of Maestro Arturo Toscanini, on April 25, 1926, at the 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 the study of Richard Wagner's work from a harmonic and orchestral perspective, deepening the use of the leitmotif technique.
Young Puccini received his musical education at the Milan Conservatory, under the guidance of masters such as Antonio Bazzini and Amilcare Ponchielli; in the famous Milanese institute, he also had the opportunity to frequent Pietro Mascagni.
Giacomo Puccini's most famous works, considered repertoire for the major theaters of the world, are La Bohème (1896), Tosca (1900), Madama Butterfly (1904) and Turandot (1926).
In the centenary of his passing, the Friends of Music dedicate an evening to him which will see one of the greatest tenors in the world performing the works of the great composer.
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