GIACOMO See also:

• GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858– )

PUCCINI (1858– )  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian operatic composer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• LUCCA (anc. Luca)
• LUCCA, BAGNI DI (Baths of Lucca, formerly Bagno a Corsena)

Lucca, of a See also:

• FAMILY

family already distinguished in See also:

• MUSIC

music; his See also:

• GREAT

great-great-grandfather Giacomo, great-grandfather See also:

• ANTONIO
• ANTONIO (1429—1498)
• ANTONIO, NICOLAS (1617-1684)

Antonio, grandfather Domenico, and See also:

• FATHER

father Michele, being all well known in the See also:

• ART

art . He was educated at the See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan See also:

• CONSERVATOIRE (the Fr. equivalent of Ital. Conservatorio, Ger. Conservatorium, from Med. Lat. conservatorium, a place where anything is preserved, Lat. conservare, to preserve)

Conservatoire, and in 1884 his See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera Le Villi was performed at the Teatro dal Verme . In 1889 his See also:

• EDGAR (EADGAR)
• EDGAR, or EADGAR (c. 1050-c. 1130)

Edgar was performed at La Scala, and in 1893 his Manon Lescaut in See also:

• TURIN

Turin . But it was the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of La Boheme in Turin in 1896 that made him famous, and this opera had a great success everywhere . Tosca followed in 1900, and in 1904 kadama Butterfly confirmed the highest opinions of his See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent .