The Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) is regarded as the natural successor to the tradition of Giuseppe Verdi and is considered the greatest Italian opera proponent of his time. Best known for his 12 operas, his style quickly departed from the predominant Romantic Italian style and he emerged as the most significant representative of verismo, a radically realist approach.
Operas + Operas by Giacomo PucciniInformation is from , unless otherwise noted. Title Genre Acts Language Librettist Premiere Date Venue Le Villi Leggenda drammatica 1 act Italian Ferdinando Fontana 31 May 1884 Teatro Dal Verme 2 acts 26 December 1884 Teatro Regio Edgar Dramma lirico 4 acts Italian Ferdinando Fontana 21 April 1889 La Scala 5 September 1891 Teatro del Giglio 3 acts 28 January 1892 Teatro Comunale Manon Lescaut Dramma lirico 4 acts Italian Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa, Marco Praga and Domenico Olivia 1 February 1893 Teatro Regio La bohème Opera 4 acts Italian Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa 1 February 1896 Teatro Regio Tosca Melodrama 3 acts Italian Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa 14 January 1900 Teatro Costanzi Madama Butterfly Tragedia giapponese 2 acts Italian Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa 17 February 1904 La Scala 28 May 1904 Teatro Grande 10 July 1905 Covent Garden 3 acts 28 December 1906 Opéra-Comique La fanciulla del West Opera 3 acts Italian Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini 10 December 1910 Metropolitan Opera La rondine Commedia lirica 3 acts Italian Giuseppe Adami 27 March 1917 Opéra de Monte-Carlo Il trittico: see below 14 December 1918 Metropolitan Opera Il tabarro Opera 1 act Italian Giuseppe Adami Suor Angelica Opera 1 act Italian Giovacchino Forzano Gianni Schicchi Opera 1 act Italian Giovacchino Forzano TurandotIncomplete(compl. by Franco Alfano) Dramma lirico 3 acts Italian Renato Simoni and Giuseppe Adami 25 April 1926 La Scala
Other works (by genre, categorized by date)
Art songs A te (c. 1875) Plaudite populi (Lucca, 1877) Credo (Lucca, 1878) Vexilla Regis (1878) Sole e amore (1888) Salve del ciel Regina (c. 1882) Mentìa l’avviso (c. 1882) Storiella d’amore (1883) Piccolo valzer (1894) Avanti Urania! (1896) Scossa elettrica (1896) Inno a Diana (1897) E l'uccellino (1899) Terra e mare (1902) Canto d'anime (1904) Dios y Patria (himno escolar, text in Spanish, 3 August 1905, Buenos Aires) Casa mia, casa mia (1908) Sogno d'or (1913) Morire? (c. 1917) – This song was transposed by a half step (into G-flat major) and set to different text in the 1st revision of his work La rondine called "Parigi è la città dei desideri" which is sung by Ruggero in the 1st act. Besides the key and text changes, it is the exact music to the aria. Inno a Roma (1 June 1919, Rome)
Orchestral
Preludio sinfonico in A Major (1876) Capriccio sinfonico (1883) Pezzi per organo e per pianoforte (1874-1878) Preludio Sinfonico in A major (Milan, 1882) Largo Adagietto in F major (c. 1881–83)
Piano
Foglio d’Album in Bb Major Pezzo per pianoforte (1916) Fugues (c. 1883) Scherzo in D (1883)
Adagio in A major (1881)
Chamber
Scherzo in A Minor for String Quartet (c.1880-1883) String Quartet in D Major (c.1880-1883) 3 Minuetti for String Quartet (1881) Crisantemi (movement for string quartet, 1890, a Threnody "Alla memoria di Amedeo di Savoia Duca d'Aosta", composed in the course of a single night in memory of his friend the duke of Aosta)
Choral music
Requiem (27 January 1905, Milan) Messa a 4 voci con orchestra (Lucca, 1880) Published in 1951 as Messa di Gloria
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