Great Operas of Puccini

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Music, Music Styles, Classical & Opera, Opera
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Author: Michael Steen ISBN: 9781782379737
Publisher: BookBaby Publication: December 10, 2015
Imprint: BookBaby Language: English
Author: Michael Steen
ISBN: 9781782379737
Publisher: BookBaby
Publication: December 10, 2015
Imprint: BookBaby
Language: English
This compendium of short guides to all twelve Puccini’s operas is part of the author’s series A Short Guide to a Great Opera. Puccini’s highly-charged music provides an unforgettable experience for those enjoying it socially, in an opera-house or cinema, or at home on TV, radio etc. He has been the largest contributor to the hundred best tunes, including Nessun dorma (Turandot), O mio babbino caro(Gianni Schicchi) or Chi il bel sogno (La Rondine). Some of his operas are full of them, like Tosca’s Vissi d’arte, Cavaradossi’s E lucevan le stelle and O dolci mani, Madama Butterfly’s ‘One fine day’ and the Humming Chorus. Among the favourites are O soave fanciulla and ‘Your tiny hand is frozen’from La Bohème. Less successful operas also have great moments: Donna non vidi mai in Manon Lescaut or Addio, mia dolce terra in La Fanciulla. Their performers constitute a hall of fame: the Three Tenors (Domingo, Pavarotti, Carreras), Alagna, Kaufmann; and immortal sopranos like Callas, Tebaldi, Kiri Te Kanawa and Gheorgiu. Steen’s Short Guides provide a synthesis of a vast amount of information, in an easily usable and entertaining form, enabling the user to grasp what it helps to know about these operas.
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This compendium of short guides to all twelve Puccini’s operas is part of the author’s series A Short Guide to a Great Opera. Puccini’s highly-charged music provides an unforgettable experience for those enjoying it socially, in an opera-house or cinema, or at home on TV, radio etc. He has been the largest contributor to the hundred best tunes, including Nessun dorma (Turandot), O mio babbino caro(Gianni Schicchi) or Chi il bel sogno (La Rondine). Some of his operas are full of them, like Tosca’s Vissi d’arte, Cavaradossi’s E lucevan le stelle and O dolci mani, Madama Butterfly’s ‘One fine day’ and the Humming Chorus. Among the favourites are O soave fanciulla and ‘Your tiny hand is frozen’from La Bohème. Less successful operas also have great moments: Donna non vidi mai in Manon Lescaut or Addio, mia dolce terra in La Fanciulla. Their performers constitute a hall of fame: the Three Tenors (Domingo, Pavarotti, Carreras), Alagna, Kaufmann; and immortal sopranos like Callas, Tebaldi, Kiri Te Kanawa and Gheorgiu. Steen’s Short Guides provide a synthesis of a vast amount of information, in an easily usable and entertaining form, enabling the user to grasp what it helps to know about these operas.

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