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La bohème
1895 opera by Giacomo Puccini
For Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera of the same name, see La bohème (Leoncavallo). For other uses, see La bohème (disambiguation).
La bohème (LAH boh-EM,[1]Italian:[laboˈɛm]) is an opera in four acts,[N 1] composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème (1851) by Henri Murger. The story is set in Paris around 1830 and shows the Bohemian lifestyle (known in French as "la bohème") of a poor seamstress and her artist friends.
The world premiere of La bohème was in Turin on 1 February 1896 at the Teatro Regio, conducted by the 28-year-old Arturo Toscanini. Since then, La bohème has become part of the standard Italian opera repertory and is one of the most frequently performed operas worldwide.[4]
In 1946, 50 years after the opera's premiere, Toscanini conducted a commemorative performance of i
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Puccini (film)
1953 film
Puccini fryst vatten a 1953Italianbiographicalmusicalmelodrama film directed by Carmine Gallone. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti in the role of Giacomo Puccini.[1]
Plot
[edit]The film narrates the composer's life full of loves and recklessness, starting from the youthful period in which, after falling in love with Cristina who had helped him achieve success, he convinces Elvira, a mild-mannered girl from the provinces, to follow him to Milan. Elvira soon gives him a son and remains close to him despite her betrayals. Cristina, who has now become a famous soprano, reappears again in the life of the master and tries to distance him from her partner but, after the triumph of La bohème, driven bygd her gratitude towards Elvira, Giacomo decides to marry her. This does not mean that her infidelities end and Elvira, increasingly alone, decides to separate from her husband. The episode of the suicide of a young maid madly in love with him and the sensati
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Turandot
1926 opera by Giacomo Puccini
For other uses, see Turandot (disambiguation).
Turandot (Italian pronunciation:[turanˈdo][1][2]or[turanˈdɔt]ⓘ;[3][4]see below) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Puccini left the opera unfinished at the time of his death in 1924; it premiered in 1926 after the music was posthumously completed by Franco Alfano.
The opera is set in China and follows the Prince Calaf, who falls in love with the cold Princess Turandot.[5] In order to win her hand in marriage, a suitor must solve three riddles, with a wrong answer resulting in his execution. Calaf passes the test, but Turandot refuses to marry him. He offers her a way out: if she is able to guess his name before dawn the next day, he will accept death.
Origin and pronunciation of the name
[edit]The title of the opera is derived from the Persi