- Fact 2 - Date of Birth: Puccini was
born on December 22, 1858
- Fact 3 - Place of Birth: Lucca,
Tuscany, Italy
- Fact 4 - Full Name: Giacomo Puccini
aka Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini
- Fact 5 - Lifespan: 1858-1924
- Fact 6 - Name of mother and father:
His parents names were Michelle Puccini (father) and Albina
Puccini
- Fact 7 - Family background: Five
generations of his family were musicians and church
organists. His father was organist and choirmaster of the
Cathedral of San Martino, director of the Instituto Pacini
- Fact 8 - Childhood and education:
His father died when he was 6 years old and his uncle ensured
that he continued his music studies.
- Fact 9 - Puccini he became a
choirboy at San Martino and San Michele and at the age of 14 he
began to play organ for the convent church - his wages helped to
support his family
- Fact 10 - Puccini enrolled in the
Milan Conservatory and was taught by Ponchielli and Brazzini
- Fact 11 - Puccini met
with great success with Le Villi and received further
commissions
- Fact 12 - Puccini eloped with
Elvira Gemingnani, the wife of a former school friend, in
1894she bore Puccini a son, Antonio. The couple eventually
married in 1904 but Puccini was never a faithful husband
- Fact 13 - The famous operas
composed by Giacomo Puccini include La bohème, Tosca, Madama
Butterfly, and Turandot
- Fact 14 - Puccini was hailed as the
true musical heir to
Verdi
- Fact 15 - His work entitled "Turandot"
which was left unfinished when Puccini died. "Turandot" was
completed by Franco Alfano. The aria "Nessun dorma" from
Turandot is one of his most famous pieces
- Fact 16 - Date of Death: Giacomo
Puccini died on November 29, 1924 in Brussels, Belgium. He had
been diagnosed with throat cancer
- Fact 17 - His types of compositions and works included
operas, orchestral music and chamber music
- Fact 18 - His music lives on and
the musical works of Puccini include the following:
- Le villi
Gianni Schicchi including "O mio babbino caro"
Manon Lescaut
La Bohème including "Che gelida manina"
Tosca
Madama Butterfly
La fanciulla del West" (The Girl of the Golden West)
Turandot including the aria "Nessun dorma"
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