Search Results: Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) was an Italian composer best known for his operas La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot. Puccini drew inspiration from a wide range of literary sources, and his late Romantic music with its immortal...

A photographic portrait of the Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924).

A 1900 photograph of the composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), his wife Elvira, and son Antonio. The Puccini villa is at Torre del Lago near the composer's hometown, Lucca. (Archivo Storico Ricordi)

A 1910 photograph of the composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) and the conductor Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957). (The New York Public Library)

Georges Bizet (1838-1875) was a French Romantic composer best known for his opera Carmen and the instrumental music for the play L'Arlésienne. None of his earlier operas had enjoyed any great success, and even Carmen took several months to...

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) was an Italian composer best known for operas such as Rigoletto, La traviata, and Aida. Verdi is noted for his powerful scores and strong characters where anti-heroes lead the dramatic action through often complex...

An 1896 poster advertising the opera La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), the year of its premiere in Turin. Designed by Adolfo Hohenstein, published by Ricordi.

A 1904 poster advertising the opera Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), the year of its premiere in La Scala, Milan. Designed by Leopoldo Metlicovitz, published by Ricordi.

In this collection, we consider 12 of the great composers, from Bach to Rachmaninoff. Covering Baroque, Classical, and Romantic music, many of the works remain instantly recognisable even amongst non-classical music fans. The biographies...

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) was a composer of baroque music who was born in Germany but became an English citizen. His most famous works include his Messiah, Water Music, baroque Italian operas, and English oratorios. A hugely successful...