Puccini : a biography /
This masterful biography provides the most authentic and revealing portrait to date of this major operatic composer
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| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Northeastern University Press,
c2002
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Table of Contents:
- A musical dynasty 1600-1880
- Milan and the old guard: 1880-1883
- Le Willis, later called Le Villi: 1884-1886
- Edgar, Elvira, and Antonio: 1886-1889
- Manon Lescaut: 1890-1893
- La Bohm̈e: 1893-1898
- Tosca: 1887-1900
- Madama butterfly: 1900-1906
- The international celebrity at home and abroad: 1905-1908
- La Fanciulla del West and beyond: 1908-1913
- La Rondine, war, and Il Trittico: 1913-1920
- The unfinished Turandot: spring 1919-November 1924
- A musical dynasty 1600-1880
- Milan and the old guard: 1880-1883
- Le Willis, later called Le Villi: 1884-1886
- Edgar, Elvira, and Antonio: 1886-1889
- Manon Lescaut: 1890-1893
- La Boh¨me: 1893-1898
- Tosca: 1887-1900
- Madama butterfly: 1900-1906
- The international celebrity at home and abroad: 1905-1908
- La Fanciulla del West and beyond: 1908-1913
- La Rondine, war, and Il Trittico: 1913-1920
- The unfinished Turandot: spring 1919-November 1924
- Chapter 1 A Musical Dynasty 1600-1880 3
- Chapter 2 Milan and the Old Guard: 1880-1883 21
- Chapter 3 Le Willis, Later Called Le Villi: 1884-1886 39
- Chapter 4 Edgar, Elvira, and Antonio: 1886-1889 55
- Chapter 5 Manon Lescaut: 1890-1893 67
- Chapter 6 La Boheme: 1893-1898 80
- Chapter 7 Tosca: 1887-1900 106
- Chapter 8 Madama Butterfly: 1900-1906 123
- Chapter 9 The International Celebrity at Home and Abroad: 1905-1908 156
- Chapter 10 La Fanciulla del West and Beyond: 1908-1913 184
- Chapter 11 La Rondine, War, and Il Trittico: 1913-1920 223
- Chapter 12 The Unfinished Turandot: Spring 1919-November 1924 257
- Afterword: Turandot Reaches the Stage 307
- Puccini and His Contemporaries 317