Puccini

[ poo-chee-nee; Italian poot-chee-nee ]

noun

1. Gia·co·mo [jah, -kaw-maw], 1858–1924, Italian operatic composer.

Puccini

/ pʊˈtʃiːnɪ /

noun

1. PucciniGiacomo18581924MItalianMUSIC: composer Giacomo (ˈdʒaːkomo). 1858–1924, Italian operatic composer, noted for the dramatic realism of his operas, which include Manon Lescaut (1893), La Bohème (1896), Tosca (1900), and Madame Butterfly (1904)

Example Sentences

Los Angeles Opera opens its fall season with a production of Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly” that sets the story on a 1930s Hollywood film set.

From Los Angeles Times

"Puccini and Verdi and Mozart were writing operas that dealt with the issues of their time," he said.

From Salon

Madame Butterfly, first won hearts in an 1898 short story by an American lawyer, then in a Broadway play two years later before becoming immortal thanks to Puccini’s 1904 Italian opera.

From Los Angeles Times

A filming of Puccini’s opera is meant to add yet another layer of context to the issues of racial artificiality in opera.

From Los Angeles Times

Puccini died in 1924 before finishing “Turandot,” which represented a new direction for the composer, away from melodrama and, instead, embraced a new air in music, be it from Mahler, Debussy, Schoenberg or Stravinsky.

From Los Angeles Times