Moderato (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
This year, the many celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of Puccini’s birth are set to include the unveiling of a new al fresco opera house on the shores of the lake where many of his masterpieces were composed. Giacomo Puccini was the most commercially successful opera composer there has ever been. At his death in [...]
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
"Giacomo Puccini was the most commercially successful opera composer there has ever been. At his death in 1924 he was worth well over £130m by today's standards. Recently, fresh light has been shed on what went on in Villa Puccini 100 years ago."...
Opera Chic (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
In anticipation of this year's much-hyped Puccini Festival, comes an obsession with everything Asian. Think Giacomo Puccini's Turandot and Madama Butterfly. The 54th Festival Puccini is in celebration of the 150th birth year of the maestro, where at Torre del...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
This year, the many celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of Puccini's birth are set to include the unveiling of a new al fresco opera house on the shores of the lake where many of his masterpieces were composed. Giacomo Puccini was the most commercially successful opera composer there has ever been. At his death in 1924 he was worth well over £130m by today's standards....
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
This year, the many celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of Puccini's birth are set to include the unveiling of a new al fresco opera house on the shores of the lake where many of his masterpieces were composed. Giacomo Puccini was the most commercially successful opera composer there has ever been. At his death in 1924 he was worth well over £130m by today's standards....
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
This year, the many celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of Puccini's birth are set to include the unveiling of a new al fresco opera house on the shores of the lake where many of his masterpieces were composed. Giacomo Puccini was the most commercially successful opera composer there has ever been. At his death in 1924 he was worth well over £130m by today's standards....
