page_title: Giacomo Puccini
section_title: Middle career
hierarchical_section_title: Giacomo Puccini / Middle career
caption_attribution_description: The title page of the first edition of the piano score to Puccini's opera Tosca, published by G. Ricordi
context_page_description: Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian opera composer who has been called "the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi".
  Puccini's early work was rooted in traditional late-19th-century romantic Italian opera. Later, he successfully developed his work in the realistic verismo style, of which he became one of the leading exponents.
  Puccini's most renowned works are La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot, all of which are among the important operas played as standards.
caption: Original poster for Puccini's Tosca
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