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List of compositions by Giacomo Puccini
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.
Giacomo Puccini
Operas
| 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[a] | ||||
| 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[b] | ||||
| Manon Lescaut | Dramma lirico | 4 acts | Italian | Luigi Illica, Marco Praga and Domenico Olivia | 1 February 1893 | Teatro Regio[c] |
| 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[d] | ||||
| La fanciulla del West | Opera | 3 acts | Italian | Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini | 10 December 1910 | Metropolitan Opera[e] |
| La rondine | Commedia lirica | 3 acts | Italian | Giuseppe Adami | 27 March 1917 | Opéra de Monte-Carlo[f] |
| Il trittico | 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 | ||
| Turandot Incomplete (compl. by Franco Alfano)[g] | Dramma lirico | 3 acts | Italian | Renato Simoni and Giuseppe Adami | 25 April 1926 | La Scala |
Other works
(by genre, categorized by date)
The interior performance hall of the Teatro Puccini.
Art songs
- A te (c. 1875)
- Plaudite populi (Lucca, 1877)
- Credo (Lucca, 1878)
- Vexilla Regis (1878)
- Sole ed 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)
The coffered ceiling inside the Teatro Puccini in Udine, Italy.
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)
- I Crisantemi for String Quartet (1892) (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)[2][3]
Mass
- Requiem (27 January 1905, Milan)
- Messa a 4 voci con orchestra (Lucca, 1880) Published in 1951 as Messa di Gloria
Notes
- ^ * third version (in two acts – premiered at La Scala, 24 January 1885)
- fourth version (in two acts – premiered at the Teatro dal Verme, 7 November 1889)
- ^ fourth version (in three acts – premiered at the Teatro Opera, 8 July 1905)
- ^ second version (in four acts – premiered at the Teatro Coccia, 21 December 1893)
- ^ fifth version (in three acts – premiered at the Teatro Carcano, 9 December 1920)
- ^ second version (in three acts – premiered at La Scala, 29 December 1912)
- ^ * second version (in three acts – premiered at the Teatro Massimo, 10 April 1920)
- third version (in three acts – possible premier at the Teatro Verdi, 11 April 1924); orchestration of the third act completed in 1994 by Lorenzo Ferrero (premiered at the Teatro Regio, 22 March 1994)
- ^ An alternative completion was commissioned from Luciano Berio in 2002
References
- ^ Information is from Girardi (2001), unless otherwise noted.
- ^ Allegriquartet website 2014-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Robin Stowell (13 November 2003). The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet. Cambridge Companions to Music. Cambridge University Press. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-521-00042-0.
Sources
- Budden, Julian (2005). Puccini: His Life and Works. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-534625-1.
- Fairtile, Linda B. (2013). Giacomo Puccini: A Guide to Research. Oxford, England: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-135-59241-7.
- Girardi, Michele (2001). "Puccini, Giacomo". Grove Music Online. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.6002278242. (subscription or UK public library membership required)