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
https://opera-inside.com/manon-lescau...

LA BOHÈME
https://opera-inside.com/la-boheme-by...

TOSCA
https://opera-inside.com/tosca-by-gia...

MADAMA BUTTERFLY
https://opera-inside.com/madama-butte...

TURANDOT
https://opera-inside.com/gianni-schic...

GIANNI SCHICCHI
https://opera-inside.com/gianni-schic...