Trivia / Giacomo Puccini

• Died During Production: Puccini died with the final scene of Turandot mostly unwritten. Composer Franco Alfano was hired to write a finale based on Puccini's surviving sketches. Arturo Toscanini rather famously conducted the premiere of Turandot and, upon reaching the point where Puccini died, set down his baton, gave a few solemn words, and walked off-stage.