One opera by this composer uses an offstage wordless chorus as the title character waits for another character through the night.
One opera by this composer uses an offstage wordless chorus as the title character waits for another character through the night. That opera by this composer uses the beginning of "The Star-Spangled Banner" to represent one character. The title character of another of his operas is a singer who describes how she lived for art and love in the aria "Vissi d'arte." At the end of that opera, the orchestra quotes "E lucevan le stelle," one of Cavaradossi's arias. In another of his operas, the duet "O soave fanciulla" is sung by Rodolfo and Mimi, the latter of whom dies of tuberculosis. For 10 points, name this Italian opera composer of Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and La BohÃ¨me.
One opera by this composer uses an offstage wordless chorus as the title character waits for another character through the night.
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini 