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William Ashbrook's "The Operas of Puccini" is an accurate, gracefully written, and thoroughly interesting account of its subject. For each opera, Ashbrook methodically examines literary sources, discusses relevant biographical evidence, and analyzes musical "fingerprints" of Puccini's style. Ashbrook clearly loves his subject (which cannot be said for Charles Osborne, whose similar but extremely sour account cannot hold a candle to Ashbrook's). I frequently return to Ashbrook's text to check some detail or merely to reacquaint myself with an opera I haven't seen recently, and I always come away from the book with renewed respect for its author and subject. In the tradition of Ashbrook's magisterial account of the life of Donizetti, "The Operas of Puccini" is a cornerstone text for opera fans.
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Giacomo Puccini was born in the Tuscan city of Lucca on 2 2 December 1858. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
intermezzo scene, non vidi mai, flower duet, gelida manina, love duet, triple bill, next opera, autograph score Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Manon Lescaut, New York, Gianni Schicchi, Madama Butterfly, Des Grieux, Torre del Lago, Carteggi Pucciniani, Suor Angelica, Giulio Ricordi, Covent Garden, Buenos Aires, Giacomo Puccini, United States, Casa Ricordi, Tito Ricordi, Teatro Costanzi, Jack Rance, Monte Carlo, Istituto Musicale, Dal Verme, Madame Butterfly, Sybil Seligman, Emmy Destinn, Francesco Dominici, Giuseppe de Luca New!
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Giacomo Puccini was born in the Tuscan city of Lucca on 2 2 December 1858. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
intermezzo scene, non vidi mai, flower duet, gelida manina, love duet, triple bill, next opera, autograph score Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Manon Lescaut, New York, Gianni Schicchi, Madama Butterfly, Des Grieux, Torre del Lago, Carteggi Pucciniani, Suor Angelica, Giulio Ricordi, Covent Garden, Buenos Aires, Giacomo Puccini, United States, Casa Ricordi, Tito Ricordi, Teatro Costanzi, Jack Rance, Monte Carlo, Istituto Musicale, Dal Verme, Madame Butterfly, Sybil Seligman, Emmy Destinn, Francesco Dominici, Giuseppe de Luca New!
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- Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini on 46 pages
- Madama Butterfly in Full Score by Giacomo Puccini on 32 pages
- Gianni Schicchi: Full Score by Giacomo Puccini on 16 pages
- Suor Angelica: Full Score by Giacomo Puccini on 14 pages
- Music in London by Bernard Shaw on 4 pages
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- The Puccini Companion by Weaver William on 5 pages
- Puccini: His International Art by Michele Girardi on 5 pages
- Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème (Cambridge Opera Handbooks) by Arthur Groos in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Puccini's Turandot : The End of the Great Tradition by William Ashbrook in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Last Acts : The Operas of Puccini and his Italian Contemporaries by James Keolker on page 16, and Back Matter
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