Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1858/12/22 | Albina Magi, wife of Michele Puccini, gives birth to a son, Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini, in Lucca, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. | Born | Puccini's Birthplace | Lucca | |||
| 1893/00/00 | "Manon Lescaut " is released. | Composer | Manon Lescaut | ||||
| 1896/05/06 | "La boheme" premieres at the Teatro la Fenice, Venice | Composer | La boheme | Teatro La Fenice | Venice | ||
| 1900/00/00 | "Tosca " is released. | Composer | Tosca | ||||
| 1900/05/00 | Puccini enjoys David Belasco's "Madame Butterfly: A Tragedy of Japan". After the show, he embraces Belasco enthusiastically and begs to let him use 'Madame Butterfly' as an opera libretto. | Patron | Madama Butterfly (opera) | Duke Of York's Theatre | London | ||
| 1904/02/17 | "Madama Butterfly", an opera in two acts, premieres at La Scala in Milan featuring soprano Rosina Storchio, tenor Giovanni Zenatello and baritone Giuseppe De Luca in lead roles. | Composer | Madama Butterfly (opera) | Teatro alla Scala | Milan | ||
| 1913/06/02 | "The Rite of Spring" is performed for the second time. | Audience Member | The Rite of Spring | Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris | Paris | ||
| 1918/00/00 | "Gianni Schicchi " is released. | Composer | Gianni Schicchi | ||||
| 1921/01/00 | Before Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni can write the libretto, Giacomo Puccini begins composing "Turandot". | Composer | Turandot | ||||
| 1924/11/05 | Accompanied by his son, Antonio, Giacomo Puccini arrives at the private clinic of Dr Felix Sluys on Place de la Couronne, Ixelles, Brussels, which specializes in radio-therapies for cancer patients. | Health | Ixelles, BE | Brussels-Capital Region | |||
| 1924/11/13 | It is a wonderful story. I did my best with it and the final duet will be the triumph of love on cruelty and death. It is the song of songs, a song that Liu had always sang: the song of love. I am convinced it is good but it is still not completed. - GP | Composer | Turandot | ||||
| 1924/11/24 | After days of radiotherapy at 13 (now Place Raymond Blyckaerts), Giacomo Puccini undergoes a three hour and 40 minute surgery to remove the cancer in his throat. He is fed with chilled champagne through his nose. | Health | Felix Sluys Radiology Clinic | Ixelles, BE | |||
| 1924/11/28 | Giacomo's son, Antonio sends a telegram to the family at Torre del Lago: Very good news, all is going well. | Health | |||||
| 1924/11/29 | Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini dies in Brussels from a heart attack. | Died | |||||
| 1924/12/01 | Papal Nuncio Mons Micara celebrates a funeral for Puccini at Church of Ste Marie, 3 km from the clinic. Laure Berge sings Gounod's Ave Maria. Afterwards, Puccini's coffin will be escorted to Gare du Nord (lost) where a special train will take it to Italy. | In memoriam | Eglise Sainte Marie-Madeleine | Brussels, BE | |||
| 1924/12/03 | A funeral service for Giacomo Puccini is held in the Cathedral in Milan in the presence of a great assemblage of mourners. Despite the rain, an impressive cortege moves down a route draped with black to the cemetery. | In memoriam | Duomo di Milano | Milan | |||
| 1926/04/25 | "Turandot", an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, makes its world premiere at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan conducted by Arturo Toscanini. | Composer | Turandot | Teatro alla Scala | Milan |
6 Creative Works by Giacomo Puccini »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
| Manon Lescaut | Composer | Opera | 1893/00/00 |
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| La boheme | Composer | Opera | 1896/05/06 |
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| Tosca | Composer | Opera | 1900/00/00 |
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| Madama Butterfly (opera) | Composer | Opera | 1904/02/17 |
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| Gianni Schicchi | Composer | Opera | 1918/00/00 |
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| Turandot | Composer | Opera | 1926/04/25 |
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