Giacomo Puccini - a biography: his life and places (Documentary)

Giacomo Puccini a biography in words and pictures. The places where Wagner worked and the most important people in his life.
00:00 Intro
00:44 Birth and youth in Lucca
02:07 Studies in Milan
02:54 Elvira
03:22 Le vili
04:28 Work on Manon Lescaut
07:00 Breakthrough with Manon Lescaut in Turin
08:57 Puccini doubles with La Bohème
13:11 Attachment to his homeland - Torre di Lago
14:46 Tosca in Rome
17:06 The librettists Illica and Giacosa
18:01 Serious car accident
18:29 Fiasco with Butterfly
20:38 Puccini's affairs and the tragedy of Doria Manfredi
22:19 New York
24:31 Turandot and death
You can find more information about these operas in the opera portraits in the online opera guide opera-inside.com
MANON LESCAUT
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LA BOHÈME
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TOSCA
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MADAMA BUTTERFLY
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TURANDOT
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GIANNI SCHICCHI
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