Full Description
With works such as La Boheme and Madame Butterfly Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) created some of the world's most popular and widely performed operas. His colourful orchestrations, beautiful melodies, rare theatrical sensibility and often daring choices of subject matter combined to produce timeless stage works that continue to appeal to a broad audience. In this powerful biography, Conrad Wilson examines this great composer's works and the ways in which they were influenced by his many relationships with women and his contradictory personality.
Contents
Preface / Introduction / Chapter 1Breakthrough 1885-93 / Chapter 3: The Years of Gold 1893-1904 / Chapter 4: Beyond Butterfly 1904-10 / Chapter 5: Puccini's Wars 1910-17 / Chapter 6: The Last Years 1917-24 / Classified List of Works / Further Reading / Selective Discography / Index
