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3	Giacomo Puccini (22 December 1858 -- 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer.
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5	He is sometimes referred to as "the last greatest opera composer". This is probably justified, as his operas are among the most frequently performed, and every opera company has them in their repertoire.
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7	Some arias from his operas are well known even to a non-operatic audience, like ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5lZSZTJXa4 O mio babbino caro]]'' and especially ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUkTKAg7HHM Nessun dorma]]''.
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9	!! Puccini's works are:
10	* ''Le Villi''
11	* ''Edgar''
12	* ''Manon Lescaut''
13	* ''Theatre/LaBoheme''
14	* ''Theatre/{{Tosca}}'' (source of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8lD9ZmYHhE E lucevan le stelle]]'')
15	* ''Theatre/MadameButterfly''
16	* ''La Fanciulla del West'' (The Girl from the Golden West)
17	* ''La Rondine'' (The Swallow)
18	* ''Il Trittico'':
19	** ''Il Tabarro'' (The Cloak)
20	** ''Suor Angelica'' (Sister Angelica)
21	** ''Theatre/GianniSchicchi'', his only comedy and source of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5lZSZTJXa4 O mio babbino caro]]''
22	* ''Theatre/{{Turandot}}'' (where ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUkTKAg7HHM Nessun dorma]]'' comes from)
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24	!!Tropes present in Puccini's works:
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28	* BaritoneOfStrength: Not so evident as in [[Music/GiuseppeVerdi Verdi]]'s works, but Puccini's operas have their share of badass low-voiced guys: Jack Rance (''La Fanciulla del West''), Michele (''Il Tabarro''), [[Theatre/{{Tosca}} Scarpia]].
29	* BreakTheCutie: Puccini ''loved'' doing this. He even referred to the librettists of ''Turandot'' as "my puppet executioners".
30	* DownerEnding: Puccini was the king of this trope. Only ''Gianni Schicchi'', ''La Fanciulla del West'' and, arguably, ''Theatre/{{Turandot}}'' ''don't'' have one.
31	* DrivenToSuicide: A frequent fate for his characters.
32	* {{Melodrama}}: Very much so but at the same time {{deconstructed\|Trope}}: Puccini's heroines are not [[SatelliteLoveInterest Satellite Love Interests]] but well-rounded and strong characters, his villains are universally more interesting than the tenor protagonists, and his stories are miles above a standard opera plot.
33	* SongOfPrayer: In his opera ''Sister Angelica'', dying Angelica hears a choir of angels singing a hymn of praise to the Virgin Mary, Who comes to tell Angelica she is forgiven.

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