Giacomo Puccini

Italian/English. Translated by Elkin.

Libretto / Textbuch

Libretto / Textbuch

Libretto / Textbuch

'La Bohème' is Puccini's fourth opera and was premiered in Turin in 1896. The tale of the consumptive Mimi goes back to a story by Henri Murger, 'Scènes de la vie de Bohème'. Puccini set the topic to...

Puccini had hardly finished his work on 'Tosca' in 1900 and seen its first performances when a new potential opera subject attracted his attention during a theatre visit in London: the play staged was...

Puccini's opera 'Tosca' was based on a stage play by Victorien Sardou which the composer had seen in Milan with the famous actress Sarah Bernhardt. The story is partly about a historical event in the...

Glücklich, endlich den langgesuchten großen Opernstoff gefunden zu haben, begann Puccini seine Turandot. Es ist sein letztes Werk: Krankheit und Tod hinderten den Komponisten an der Vollendung, die ab...

Giacomo Puccinis Zusammenarbeit mit den Librettisten Giuseppe Giacosa und Luigi Illica markiert zweifellos den Höhepunkt seines Opernschaffens. Nachdem Puccinis Verleger Ricordi die beiden hoch angese...