Classical Net - Basic Repertoire List - Puccini Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924) There is little doubt today that of all operatic music, Puccini's is the most universally known; more people know the famous arias from La Boh�me, Madame Butterfly and Turandot than any others, with the single possible exception of those from Carmen – a remarkable achievement considering Puccini's early artistic struggles. Giacomo Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924) was a native of Lucca, born into a family which since the arrival there of a Giacomo Puccini in the 1730s had been involved in the music of the ancient town for five generations. Each generation composed and played the organ for San Martino Cathedral in Lucca. Giacomo was the fifth child of Michele and Albina Puccini, but his father died in 1864 when Giacomo was nearly five years old.

Contrary to the monotonous litany of childhood musical prodigies which litter history, Giacomo showed no early interest in music, although everyone in Lucca expected him to. Instead he was a lazy, shiftless boy, poor at schoolwork and apt to play truant. His mother, however, was convinced of his abilities and procured him a tutor at the Conservatorio Musici. This time he made modest progress, becoming a choirboy at San Martino and playing the organ there from the age of 14. By his seventeenth year he had begun writing small compositions. While still 17, Puccini attended a performance of Giuseppe Verdi 's Aïda in Milan; it was this experience which concentrated all his ambitions, convincing him that a career as an opera composer was the only one to consider. For the next four years he studied hard, eventually writing a pleasing Mass in 1860 (later called Messa di Gloria).

Puccini spent the next three years at Milan Conservatoire, where he was taught by Antonio Bazzini and Amilcare Ponchielli , and where he undoubtedly suffered privation due to a severe lack of funds, although this is not enough to explain the extraordinary meanness with money which he showed later in life, even when he was very rich. He submitted as his "passing-out" piece the orchestral Capriccio Sinfonico, an attractive and colorful work which Puccini later cannibalized for operas, specifically Edgar and La Boh�me. Having left the Conservatoire, Puccini had to decide how to make a start in opera. An opportunity presented itself when the kindly Ponchielli drew his attention to a one-act opera prize announced by the publisher Sonzogno and arranged for a librettist by the name of Ferdinando Fontana. Puccini wrote Le Villi in such haste to meet the prize's deadline that the score was virtually unreadable, and this poor exhibit was ignored by the judges.

Both Fontana and Ponchielli were convinced of its worth, however, and between them they engaged the sympathetic support of the great Verdi librettist and opera composer, Arriago Boito , as well as the enthusiastic backing of Giullo Ricordi, owner of the Ricordi publishing house. A production was mounted in Milan in May 1884, proving an enormous success, with the Corriere della Sera critic commenting: "We sincerely believe that Puccini may be the composer for whom Italy has been waiting a long time". His next opera, Edgar though again given Ricordi's enthusiastic backing, just would not come right, its poorly-executed libretto, grand opera pretensions and melodramatic plot failing to inspire Puccini, despite much hard work. Even after its initial failure in 1889, Puccini continued to revise it, determined not to waste five years of effort. But a failure Edgar has remained to this day.

It is a measure of Ricordi's good judgment that he never wavered in his support for Puccini, although even he was unnerved by the composer's next choice of subject, the Abbe Prevost's novella Manon Lescaut, particularly in view of the fact that the story had been given successful operatic form by Jules Massenet in his Paris production of Manon in 1884. Puccini remained unshakeable in his choice, knowing what type of subject most suited his abilities. When it came to establishing an acceptable libretto, Puccini showed that he had learnt from his experiences with Edgar and Le Villi; this time he engaged and dismissed three librettists before finally accepting Ricordi's suggested pairing, Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. The result was a quantum leap forward from his previous efforts. It was premiered in Turin in 1893, receiving the unanimous praise for which Puccini had waited for nearly a decade, and before the year was out it had been successfully staged in St. Petersburg, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and Munich.

In one stroke the royalties enabled Puccini to repay his debts to Ricordi and begin living in his chosen village, Torre del Lago, a few miles outside Lucca, in some degree of style. The 10 years since Le Villi had seen great changes take place in Puccini's private life: his beloved mother had died in 1884 and shortly afterwards he had eloped with 24-year-old Elvira Gemignani, the wife of a local businessman. Said to have been a beauty when young, Elvira was a woman of little gaiety or humour, and the marriage did not long remain a happy one. Puccini, moreover, was a handsome man with a roving eye, and once he became famous he had endless poorly-concealed affairs. After Manon came the first opera in the group later known as the "Big Three". La Boh�me, taken from the Henri Murger novel Scenes de la vie de boh�me, was probably brought to Puccini's attention by his fellow-composer Ruggero Leoncavallo , who was working on his own version of the tale.

Puccini had a penchant for working on ideas first begun by others, as if their interest in the idea proved its worth. Needless to say, it became a race to see who could complete their opera first. Puccini, in league with his librettists, Illica and Giacosa, won; their treatment was ready for the Turin premiere in February 1896, conducted by the 28-year-old Arturo Toscanini. While the public was enthusiastic, only one of the critics present found good words to say for it, the rest seeing it as showing "a deplorable decline" from the standards set by Manon Lescaut. They utterly failed to grasp its essentially different nature, rooted in lyric opera and a charming sense of the everyday. The follow-up arrived four years later, in 1900; it was based on a shocking melodrama of the so-called "realism" school of French drama, Tosca by Victorien Sardou, which had been a sensation in Paris, partly due to the presence of Sarah Bernhardt in the lead role.

It was written with a minimum of problems with the libretto or the music, and was prepared meticulously for a Rome premiere, but this time the reception was not all that Puccini and Ricordi had hoped for. Few critics managed to see or hear the advances Puccini had made in the work, or its incredible dynamism, preferring to stress only the tawdriness of the tale and the lack of any redeeming moral sense. In this sense Tosca was a truly modern opera, the closest to verismo which Puccini ever came. The next subject for an opera took some time to find, even though Puccini was searching assiduously within a month of Tosca's premiere. After considering a good half-dozen ideas, in 1900 Puccini saw the London production of Madam Butterfly by the American playwright David Belasco. Although unable to understand English, Puccini was profoundly moved by its plot. Once a contract was signed with Belasco, Puccini began the work in earnest, including a painstaking search for background information on Japan and its culture. Work went smoothly until a major row developed between Puccini and Giacosa over whether the opera should be in three acts or two.

In a rare theatrical misjudgment, Puccini wanted two: Giacosa three. The opening night's debacle at La Scala in 1904 was no doubt the result of an organized claque, but with only one interval, the two extra long acts were simply too much for a Milan audience unused to such demands being made on their concentration. At Brescia three months later the opera, now divided into three acts, was a stupendous success. Butterfly remained Puccini's favorite of his operas, and he spent the next few years traveling to far-flung productions to ensure that his wishes were honored by the respective companies. This was one of the factors contributing to the public's wait of seven years for Puccini's next opera. Another factor was his fruitless search for operatic ideas. The subject of La Fanciulla del West (Girl of the Golden West), was only decided upon in the autumn of 1907, months after a trip with Elvira to New York where he had seen Belasco's play of the same title.

There was a private reason for the hiatus, and it concerned his marriage; Puccini's propensity for affairs and Elvira's raging jealously had led to many quarrels over the years, and the relationship had now deteriorated into one of mutual exasperation. In late 1906 Elvira became convinced that Puccini had been unfaithful with their young maid, Doria Manfredi. Puccini, for once, was innocent, but Elvira began a vicious and systematic persecution of the girl, and in January 1909 Doria committed suicide. The whole village turned against Elvira while Puccini, horrified by the whole affair and disgusted with his wife, packed her off to Milan. Elvira was tried and sentenced to five months in prison. It was only after Puccini made a handsome settlement on the girl's family that the action was dropped. The rift between husband and wife took years to heal, and during the next decade Puccini embarked on a number of passionate and sustained affairs with younger women.

Under these circumstances, it is hardly surprising that La Fanciulla took until August 1910 to complete, or that the new opera, premiered at New York's Metropolitan Opera House with Caruso in the cast, would be a hit-and-miss affair. Though it demonstrated a convincing advance in musical styles for Puccini, it contained a surprising lack of set-piece arias or of sympathetic characters. For once Puccini enjoyed a rapturous first-night reception from the audience, but for the first time since Edgar the welcome was not to sustain Itself over the years to come. During the following decade Puccini experienced many disappointments and partial successes. His next project, which was finally begun in 1913, was the trio of one-act operas called Il Trittico, made up of Il Tabarro, a bleak and violent piece of social realism; Suor Angelica, a delicate and lyrical tragedy with a suffering heroine; and Gianni Schicchi, a sparkling comedy.

The idea for Il Trittico was one which his old publisher, Giulio Ricordi, had fought against for years, but with his death in 1912 and the accession of his son Tito (who had little time for Puccini and his vacillations) as head of the firm, Puccini followed his own muse. In 1913 Puccini was approached by two impresarios from the Theater an der Wien in Vienna to write 10 numbers for a new operetta, half of them to be sad, half gay, for which he was to be paid a fortune. The plan for La Rondine came together very rapidly, Puccini working hard on the project with his new librettist, Giuseppe Adami, but World War I intervened in 1915, putting Italy and Austria on opposite sides of the conflict. La Rondine was eventually premiered at Monte Carlo. Neither fish nor fowl, the work has never really secured a place on the world's stages, although it contains some glorious melodic moments.

Meanwhile, work on Il Trittico had slowly progressed and in December 1918 the three one-act operas were premiered at the Metropolitan, New York; only Gianni Schicchi received unqualified approval. This pattern was repeated elsewhere, and although for years Puccini violently objected to the three works being parted from each other; when he finally saw a production in Lucca in 1921 he realized that its three hour duration was asking too much of the audience and stopped his objections – with the result that the first two operas virtually disappeared from public sight. In recent years, Il Tabarro at least has come to be recognized for the forward-looking masterpiece of mood and atmosphere which it undoubtedly is. Now over 60, Puccini was determined to write an opera which was on a higher plane than before and entirely different from all his others. Another long search for a subject led him to Carlo Gozzi's 1761 play, Turandotte. Once Puccini had familiarized himself with the commedia dell'arte ideas of Gozzi and the ersatz Chinese setting, he commissioned a libretto and set to work in the spring of 1920.

In many letters written at this time it is clear that he felt he was putting his soul into Turandot, and the work totally absorbed him. But it was delayed by problems with the libretto and Puccini moving house to Viareggio. By March 1924 the opera was complete but the final two scenes, which Puccini, waiting for the right inspiration, shied away from completing. He was not to get the chance: a sore throat and cough which had begun to affect the lifelong smoker in the autumn of 1923 had not receded by the summer of the following year, and although doctors found nothing wrong with him, Puccini suspected the underlying seriousness of the malady. In October, the opera still not finished, he was told that he had throat cancer which was too advanced to be operable. Nevertheless, a treatment was attempted by surgeons in Brussels, but Puccini's heart was not strong enough to withstand the post-operative shock and he died on November 24. Turandot was given its premiere in April 1926; it had been completed by Franco Alfano, under Toscanini's sometimes irascible supervision.

On the first night the music was stopped by the maestro at the point where Puccini's score broke off. After that, the completed version was given. It was a triumphant success, but one the composer would never enjoy. Recommended Recordings Giacomo Puccini - IMDb IMDb Italian composer, one of the greatest exponents of operatic realism, who virtually brought the history of Italian opera to an end. His mature operas include "La Bohème" (1896), "Tosca" (1900), "Madama Butterfly" (1904), and "Turandot" left incomplete. See full bio » Born: a list of 51 people created 28 Jun 2013 a list of 261 people created 16 Nov 2015 a list of 62 people created 22 Dec 2015 a list of 466 people created 7 months ago a list of 292 people created 2 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Giacomo Puccini's work have you seen?

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(writer: "Nessun Dorma" - uncredited) 2016 Indian Summers (TV Mini-Series) (1 episode) - The Empty Chair (2016) ... ("Un bel di vedremo", uncredited) 2016 Hitman (Video Game) (as G. Puccini, "O, mio babbino caro", "La gazza ladra: Overture") 2015 It Was Alright in the... (TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode) - Cool Britannia (2015) ... (writer: "Nessun dorma" - uncredited) - The Secret Adversary: Part 1 (2015) ...

("Un bel vidremo", uncredited) 2015 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (writer: "Popolo Di Pechino, Ai Tuoi Piedi Ci Prostriam (from Turandot)", "Nessun Dorma, Figlio Del Cielo, Tre Enigmi M'hai Proposto, Tu Che Guardi Le Stelle (from Turandot)") 2015 The Voice (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes) - The Blind Auditions, Part 4 (2015) ... (writer: "Nessun Dorma") 2015/II Solace (writer: "Che Gelida Manina") 2015 Belgium's Got Talent (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Derde auditieaflevering (2015) ... (writer: "O mio babbino caro") 2015 Centaurus (music: "Turandot") - The Sound and the Fury (2015) ...

(writer: "Turandot, Act III: Nessun dorma" - uncredited) 2015 Sharkskin (writer: "E Lucevan Le Stelle") 2014 Tidsrejsen (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Har vi hund? (2014) ...

(writer: "Manon Lescaut") 2014 Ritmes del cor (TV Movie documentary) (writer: "Quin mà tan freda") 2014 Sex, kofe, sigarety (writer: "Musette Waltz") 2014 CJDG - En film om Carl Johan De Geer (Documentary) (writer: "È lucevan le stelle" (from the opera "Tosca", from a libretto by nm0316044 and nm0407794)) 2014 One Eyed Girl (writer: "Madam Butterfly: Humming Chorus") 2014 Mike & Mike (TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes) 2014 The Crimson Field (TV Mini-Series) (2 episodes) - Episode #1.4 (2014) ... ("Un bel di vedremo", uncredited) - Episode #1.1 (2014) ... ("Un bel di vedremo", uncredited) 2014 Falling Star (writer: "Un bel dí vedremo" - as G.

Puccini) 2014 Yves Saint Laurent (writer: "Tosca, Act II: "Vissi d'arte") 2013 24 After (Short) (writer: "Madame Butterfly: Vogliateme Bene") 2013 Avenged ("Un Bel Di (One Fine Day)", uncredited) 2013 Downton Abbey (TV Series) (music - 1 episode) - Episode #4.3 (2013) ... (music: "O mio babbino caro", "Donde lieta uscì" (Mimì's Farewell) - uncredited) 2013 Partouze (Short) (music: "Madama Butterfly, Act 2 - Um bel dì") 2013 Peaky Blinders (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Episode #1.2 (2013) ...

(writer: "Vedi la Ma Guite Lo Stendo A Tel", "Lo Tenni La Promesca") 2013 One Chance (writer: "Che Gelida Manina from La Boheme", "O Soave Fanciulla from La Boheme", "Quando M'en Vo from La Boheme") / (writer: "Nessun Dorma from Turandot" - as Puccini) 2013 Dom Hemingway (music: "O Mio Babbino Caro" - as Puccini ) 2013 Before the Winter Chill (music: "Si mi chiamano Mimi (from opera "La Bohème")) 2013 Father Who Art in Hamilton (Video short) (writer: "O Mio Babbino Caro") 2013 Maria, Callas (Documentary short) (music: "O mio Babbino Caro") 2013 Luar (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Episode dated 12 July 2013 (2013) ...

(writer: "Nessum dorma") 2013 The Immigrant (writer: "La Rondine - Act III", "La Fanciulla Del West") 2013 Once Upon a Time... (Video short) (writer: "Io de' sospiri", "Ah! finalmente!") 2011-2013 Òpera en texans (TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes) - La Bohème (2013) ... (writer: "Vals de Musetta") - Madama Butterfly (2012) ... (writer: "Un bel dì vedremo") - Turandot (2011) ... (writer: "Nessun dorma") 2013 Molanders (TV Series) (1 episode) - Årsmötet (2013) ... ("Nessun dorma") 2013 Det grå guld (music: "Nessun Dorma") 2013 Jo (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Pigalle (2013) ...

(writer: "Madame Butterfly") - Episode #1.2 (2011) ... (music: "Nessun dorma") - Episode #1.1 (2011) ... (music: "O mio babbino caro") 2011 Iiro irti (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Episode #2.7 (2011) ...

(writer: "Musettan aaria") 2011 Goon (writer: "Turandot / Act 3: Diecimila Anni Al Nostre Imperatore", "Turandot / Act 3: Nessun Dorma", "Turandot / Act 2: Tre Enigmi M'Hai Propsto") 2011 X: Night of Vengeance (writer: "E Lucevan Le Stelle") 2011 Colombiana (writer: "Mrs Butterfly - Un Bel Di Vedremo") 2011 Somewhere Tonight ("O mio babbino caro") 2011 Homenaje a Plácido Domingo (TV Movie) (writer: "Nessum Dorma") 2011 House of Tolerance (writer: "La Boheme - Duo - O Soave Fanciulla") 2011 Jussi i våra hjärtan (Documentary) (writer: "La Bohème", "Turandot", "Tosca") 2010 Death Race 2 (Video) ("One Fine Day") / (writer: "One Fine Day") 20

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O Soave Fanciulla", "Un Bel Di Vedremo" - as G.

Puccini) 2010 La bomba del Liceu (Documentary) (writer: "La Bohème", "Manon Lescaut") 2010 Nothing Special (writer: "Nessun Dorma - Turandot" - as Giacomo Antonio Puccini) 2009 La Marató 2009 (TV Movie) (writer: "El nostre heroi") 2009 Hi havia una vegada el disc de La Marató (TV Movie documentary) (writer: "El nostre heroi") 2009 Desperate Housewives (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) 2009 'La bohème' im Hochhaus (TV Movie) (music: "La Bohème") 2009/I The Job (writer: "Si Mi Chiamano Mimi", "E Lucevan Le Stelle", "Un Bel Di Vedremo") 2009/II La Bohème (Documentary short) (writer: "'O soave fanciulla' from 'La Bohème'") 2009 The Last Station ("Un bel dì vedrem

o") 2009 Unknown Hour (writer: "O mio babbino caro") 2009 Estrena't (TV Series documentary) (music - 2 episodes) - Episode #1.7 (2009) ...

(music: "O mio babbino caro") - Episode #1.5 (2009) ... (music: "O mio babbino caro") 2009 Hung (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Pilot (2009) ... (writer: "Un Bel di Vedremo" - uncredited) 2009 Tetro (music: "Humming Chorus", "Ecco, son giunte al somme del pendio" - uncredited) 2009 Hay alguien ahí (TV Series) (music - 1 episode) - Zombi (2009) ... (music: "Un bel di vedremo") 2009 Life (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - 5 Quarts (2009) ... (writer: "Tosca: Vissi d'arte" - uncredited) 2008 The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (TV Series) (music - 1 episode) - The Audition (2008) ...

(music: "Torna ai felici di") 2008 Willkommen Österreich (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Episode #1.47 (2008) ... (writer: "Musetta's Waltz" - uncredited) 2008 Ascolta!

(Short) (music: "Signore, ascolta!") 2008 Bronson (writer: "Coro a bocca chiusa") 2008 The Windmill Movie (Documentary) ("O Mimi, tu più non torni") 2008 Autopsy ("La Boheme - Si Mi Chiamano Mimi") 2008 Two Lovers (music: "Signor, Ascolta!: Turandot" (1926)) / (writer: "Sola Perduta Abbandonata: Manon Lescaut" (1893), "Fra Le Tua Braccia Amore Manon Lescaut" - as Giacomo Antonio Puccini) 2008 From Within (writer: "Vissi d'art") 2008 Cowards (writer: "Un Bel di Vendremo") 2008/V Limbo (Short) (writer: "Che Gelida Manina") 2008 Severing the Soul (Documentary short) (music: "Signor, ascolta") 2008 Hamlet 2 (writer: "

Nessun Dorma - Turandot" - as Puccini) 2008 Bottle Shock (writer: "Un bel di vedremo") 2004-2007 The X Factor (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes) - Auditions 5 (2007) ...

(writer: "Nessun Dorma" - uncredited) - Live Final (2004) ... (writer: "Nessun Dorma") 2007 Redacted (writer: "E lucevan le stelle (Tosca/Act 3)") 2007 Atonement (writer: "O Soave Fanciulla, O Dolce Viso") 2007 The Girl Cut in Two (music: "TURANDOT (In questa Reggia)") 2007 Damages (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - And My Paralyzing Fear of Death (2007) ...

(writer: "Quando M'En Vo") 2007 No Reservations (writer: "Nessun Dorma" from "Turandot", "Un Bel Di Vedremo" from "Madame Butterfly", "Un bel dì" (from the opera "Madama Butterfly", as used in the film), "O mio babbino caro" (as used in the film " from the opera "Gianni Schicchi")) 2007 La Bella Figura ("O Mio Babbino Caro") 2007 Nobel Son (writer: "O Mio Babbino Caro") 2007 Mr. Bean's Holiday (writer: "O mio babbino caro") 2007 Heroes (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Chapter Eighteen 'Parasite' (2007) ...

(writer: "Un Bel Di Vedremo" - uncredited) 2007 How to Catch a Millionaire (TV Movie) (writer: "Nessun Dorma") 2006 Factory Girl (writer: "Un bel dì vedremo") 2006 Göta kanal 2 - Kanalkampen (writer: "Nessun Dorma") 2006 Rocky Balboa (music: "O Mio Babbino Caro", "E Lucevan le Stelle") 2006 Let's Go to Prison (writer: "Nessun Dorma") 2006 Australian Idol (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) 2006 The Unknown Woman (writer: "Donna non vidi mai") 2006 Wedding Daze (writer: "Un Bel Di") 2006 Gradiva (C'est Gradiva qui vous appelle) (writer: "Madame Butterfly" - as G.

Puccini) 2006 Suburban Mayhem (writer: "La Boheme - Che Gelida Manina") 2006 Lights in the Dusk (writer: "Tosca", "La fanciulla del west") 2006 The Berlin Concert (TV Movie documentary) (writer: "Gianni Schicchi - O mio babbino caro", "La Boheme - O soave fanciulla", "La Boheme - Quando men vo") 2005 Callas e Onassis (TV Movie) (music: "Vissi d'arte") 2005 How Much Do You Love Me? (writer: "Gianni Schicchi: O Moi Babbino Caro (excerpt)" , "Ancora Un Passo (excerpt from Madame Butterfly)", "Tosca - Act II: Mario V+Cavaradossi? A Voi") 2005 House (TV Series) (1 episode) - Autopsy (2005) ...

("Nessun Dorma", uncredited) 2005 Carreiras (writer: "Mio Babbino Caro") 2005 Bailey's Billion$ (as Puccini, "NESSUN DORMA - TURANDOT") / (writer: "QUANDO M'EN VO" (MUSETTA'S WALTZ SONG, LA BOHEME, ACT II) - as Puccini) 2005 The Island (writer: "Nessun Dorma") 2005 Submerged (Video) (writer: "Excerpts from Tosca") 2005 H6: Diario de un asesino (writer: "Vissi D'Arte, Vissi D'Amore...

(Tosca)" - as Puccini) 2005 Fierce People (writer: "Un bel di vedremo" from "Madama Butterfly") 2005 Saltön (TV Series) (writer: "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore") 2005 Wallander (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Innan frosten (2005) ...

(writer: "Bohème: Che gelida manina") 2004 A Good Woman (writer: "Un Bel Di Vedremo" from "Madama Butterfly") 2004 Childstar (as Puccini, "O Mio Babbino Caro") 2003 Schultze Gets the Blues (writer: "Arie des Cavaradossi") 2003 Between Us (Short) ("Vecchia Zimearra, Senti from La Boheme") 2003 The 57th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) (writer: "La Boheme (Medley)") 2003 Chooch ("O MIO BABBINO CARO") Six Feet Under (TV Series) (1 episode, 2001) (writer - 1 episode, 2003) - Nobody Sleeps (2003) ...

(writer: "Popolo di Pekino" (from Turandot), "Nessun Dorma" (from Turandot)) 2003 Not for, or Against (Quite the Contrary) (music: "Tosca e' un buon falco") 2003 I'm Not Scared (writer: "Che gelida manina" from La Boheme) 2003 The Life of David Gale (music: "Tu Che Di Gel Sei Cinta" from opera "Turandot" (1926)) 2003 The Long and Short of It (Short) ("Che Gelida Manina") 2002 Smallville (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Lineage (2002) ... (writer: "Un Bel Di Vedremo (Madame Butterfly)" - uncredited) 2002 Coupling (TV Series) (1 episode) - Remember This (2002) ... ("Aria from Madame Butterfly") 2002 Merci Dr Rey!

(music: "Turandot" - as Puccini) 2002 Callas Forever (music: "Un bel dì vedremo" - as Puccini) / (music: "Vissi d'arte", "Donna non vidi mai") 2002 Zwei Seiten der Liebe (TV Movie) (writer: "Lucevan le stelle" - as Giacoma Puccini) 2002 In America (writer: "Aranci Datteri!" (1896), "Quando m'en vo'soletta" (1896)) 2002/I The Good Thief (writer: "Si, mi chiamano Mimi" from opera "La Boheme"") 2002 X (writer: "Manon Lescaut - Acto IV (Sola Perduta)") 2002 Bend It Like Beckham (music: "Nessun Dorma") 2002 All About the Benjamins (writer: "In Quelle Trine Morbide" (from "Manon Lescaut")) 2002 40 Days and 40

 Nights (writer: "Recondita Armonia" - as G.

Puccini) 2002 Death to Smoochy (writer: "Madame Butterly", "Tosca - Vissi D'Arte" - as G.

Puccini) 2002 Hard Cash (writer: "Vissi d'Art from Tosca", "E Lucevan Le Stelle from Tosca" - as Giaccomo Puccini) 2002 Stones (writer: "Tosca") 2002 The Kid Stays in the Picture (Documentary) (writer: "Tosca - Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore (aria)" - as Puccini) 2002 The Magnificent Ambersons (TV Movie) (music: "O Mio Bambino Caro (Oh My Beloved Father)" from the opera "Gianni" Schicchi) 2001 Grand Theft Auto 3 (Video Game) (writer: "O mio babbino caro") 2001 Sidetracked (TV Mini-Series) ("NYNNANDE KÖREN") 2001 Speaking of Sex (writer: "Quando me n'vo" (from La Bohème), "O mio babbino caro" (from Gianni Schicchi)) 2001 Joyful Partaking (writer: "Un bel

 di vedremo from MADAMA BUTTERFLY") 2001 The Cat's Meow (writer: "La Boheme (Che Gelida Manina)" (1896), "La Boheme (O Soave Fanciulla)" (1896)) 2001 An American Rhapsody (music: "La Boheme: Sì, mi chiamano Mimì" (1896)) 2001 Captain Corelli's Mandolin (music: "O'Mio Babbino Caro" - as Puccini ) 2001 Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy (Documentary) (writer: "O, Mio Bobbins Caro") 2000 Staffan Snellin suojelusenkeli (TV Movie) (writer: "Tosca: E lucevan le stelle") 2000 The Man Who Cried ("E lucevan le stelle") 2000 The Crew (writer: "Che gelida manina") 2000 The Guilty (as G.

Puccini, "Nessun Dorma") 2000 House! (writer: "E lucevan le stelle", "Nessun dorma", "Madama Butterfly") 2000 The Smokers (writer: "Tu, che do gel sci cinta Signor, ascolta", "Si, mi chiamano Mimi") 1999 Opera Fanatic (Documentary) (music: "La Fanciulla del West", "Tosca" - as Puccini) / (writer: "Crisantemi") 1999 Tuesdays with Morrie (TV Movie) (music: "O mio babbino caro") 1999 Anywhere But Here (writer: "I'ho Abbandonato") 1999 All the Rage ("Un bel di vedremo (Madame Butterfly)") 1999 Julien Donkey-Boy (writer: "O, mio babbino caro") 1999 The Boondock Saints (writer: "La Boheme") 1999 Mystery Men (writer: "O Mio Babbino Caro" - as G.

Puccini) 1999 The Love Letter (writer: "Si Mi Chiamano Mimi", "Recondita Armonia", "Presto, su! Mario! Mario!") 1999 Pushing Tin (writer: "Che Gelida Manina - as Puccini) 1999 The Sopranos (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Pilot (1999) ... (writer: "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta" - uncredited) 1996 The Mirror Has Two Faces (writer: "In Questa Reggia", "Nessun Dorma") 1996 Bullet (as Puccini, "La Tosca") 1996 Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series) (music - 1 episode) - The Swarm (1996) ...

(music: "O Soave Fanciulla" - uncredited) 1996 The Dentist (music: "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore" - uncredited) 1996 Doctor Who (TV Movie) (writer: "Un Bel Di" - uncredited) 1996 Faithful (writer: "Vissi D'Arte") 1996 The Hunters (writer: "'E Lucevan Le Stella' from "Tosca") 1995 Copycat (writer: "Vissi D'Arte") 1995 Assassins (writer: "Oh Mio Babbino No Caro") 1995 The Sunset Boys (music: "O mio babbino caro") 1995 Highlander (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Methos (1995) ...

(writer: "O SOAVE FANCIULLA (Gentle Child)") 1994 Tokyo Cowboy (writer: "Madam Butterfly") 1994 Heavenly Creatures (writer: "E Lucevan le Stelle", "The Humming Chorus" - as Puccini) / (writer: "Sono Andati") 1994 The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994 (TV Special) (writer: "E lucevan le stelle", "Nessun dorma" - as Puccini) 1994 Pavarotti Plus!

Sixth Edition (TV Special) (music: "Recondita armonia", "In un coupé?", "Tra voi, belle") 1994 Nina Takes a Lover (Excerpt from "Madame Butterfly") 1993 Suture ("Tu que di gel") 1993 Household Saints ("Vogliatemi Bene", "Un Bel Di Vedremo", "Vissi D'Arte") 1993 The Man Without a Face (writer: "CH'ELLA MI CREDA" (from LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST) - as G. Puccini) 1993 Young Indiana Jones (TV Series) (1 episode) - Florence, May 1908 (1993) ...

("Un Bel Di, Vedremo" From the opera Madame Butterfly, "O mio babbino caro" from "Gianni Schicchi", uncredited) 1993 Bloodstone: Subspecies II (Video) (writer: "Donna Non Vidi Mai" - as Puccini) 1993 The Pickle (music: "Che gelida manina" - as Puccuni) 1993 Stefano Quantestorie (writer: "Nessn dorma", "E lucevan le stelle") 1993 The Wedding Banquet (writer: "Madame Butterfly") 1993 Boxing Helena (writer: "O MIO BABBINO CARO", "NESSUN DORMA", "LA BOHEME") 1993 Opera Imaginaire (TV Movie) (writer: "Music from Madame Butterfly", "Music from Tosca") 1992 Toys (writer: "NESSUN DORMA (from TURANDOT)") 1992 Jennifer 8 ("Humming Chorus") 1992 Peter's Friends (writer: "Madame Butterfly - Un bel di") 1992

/I Wind (writer: "Madame Butterfly") 1992 I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore (writer: "Donna Non Vidi Mai") 1992 Roadside Prophets (writer: "Un Bel Di" - as Puccini) Inspector Morse (TV Series) (1 episode, 1991) (music - 1 episode, 1992) 1989 The January Man (writer: "Bridal Procession") 1988 'Allo 'Allo (TV Series) (music - 1 episode) - The Bank Job (1988) ...

(music: "La Boheme: Si, Mi Chiamano Mimi" - uncredited) 1988 The Discarnates ("O mio babbino caro") 1988 La Bohème (TV Movie) (music: "La Bohème") 1988 The Music Teacher (writer: "La Tosca") 1988 The Moderns (music: "Un bel di" (1904) - uncredited) 1987 Opera (writer: "Un bel dì vedremo") 1987 Moonstruck (music: "La Bohème") 1987 Träff i helfigur (TV Movie) (writer: "Che Gelida Manina" - uncredited) 1987 Fatal Attraction (music: "SELECTIONS FROM PUCCINI'S MADAMA BUTTERFLY" (1904) - as Puccini) 1987 The Witches of Eastwick (writer: "Nessun Dorma") 1987 Aria (music: "Nessun dorma") 1987 The Final Arrangement (writer: "Tra

 voi belle") 1987 Screen Two (TV Series) (music - 1 episode) 1986 The Big Easy (writer: "MANON LESCAUT") 1986 Castaway (writer: "NESSUM DORMA aria from Turandot") 1986 Mona Lisa (writer: "Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malia") 1986 Big Trouble (writer: "excerpt from 'La Bohème'") 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters (as Puccini, "Sola, perduta abbandonata", "Madama Butterfly") 1985 A Room with a View ("O mio babbino caro", "Chi il bel sogno di doretta") 1985 Vagabond (writer: "Sur la mer toujours recommencée calmée") 1985 Prizzi's Honor (writer: "O mio Babbino caro", "Overture to 'Gianni Schicchi'", "Le Villi") 1985 The Goonies (writer: "Madama Butterfly, Act I: Bimba Dagli Occhi Pieni

 Di Malia (Pinkerton/Butterfly)") 1985 Escalier C (music: "Gianni Schicchi (O mio babbino caro)" - as Puccini) 1984 Puccini (TV Movie) (music: "Turandot") 1984 The Killing Fields (writer: "Nessun dorma") 1984 Fame (TV Series) (1 episode) 1983 Domingo/Milnes Met Gala Concert (TV Special) (music: "O Mimì, tu più non torni", "Intermezzo") 1982 Yes, Giorgio ("Excerpts from Turandot", "Donna non vidi mai", "Nessun dorma") 1982 Fitzcarraldo (writer: "Oh Mimi, Tu Piu Non Torni ") 1982 Der Zauberberg (music: "Un bel dì, vedremo") 1982 Oro, plata, mata ("Humming Chorus", "Nessun Dorma") 1981 Heartaches (writer: "Dolce Notte (Love scene and

 Act I) from 'Madame Butterfly'" - as Puccini) 1980 Playing for Time (TV Movie) (music: "Un bel di vedremo" - uncredited) 1980 Hopscotch (as Puccini, "Un Bel di Vedremo") 1980 Les bons débarras (writer: "O mio babino caro" from "Gianni Schicchi") 1980 She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown (TV Movie) (writer: "O mio babbino caro" (Oh My Beloved Father)) 1979 Thriller (music: "La Boheme") 1978 I Spit on Your Grave ("Sola Perduta Abandonnato") 1978 Ecce bombo (writer: "E lucean le stelle (from 'Tosca')") - Miskel Spillman/Elvis Costello (1977) ...

(music: "Aria from 'Madame Butterfly'") 1976 Derrick (TV Series) (music - 1 episode) - Schock (1976) ... (music: "Tosca, Akt 3") 1975 Columbo (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Identity Crisis (1975) ... (writer: "Un bel di vedremo" - uncredited) 1974 De stratenmaker op zee show (TV Series) (music - 1 episode) - Muziek (1974) ...

(music: "Het muzikale gezin") 1974 A Woman Under the Influence (music: "La Boheme" - uncredited) 1973 Serpico (music: "E Lucevan le Stelle", "Aria di Rinuccio" - uncredited) 1972 Der Tod der Maria Malibran (music: "O mio babbino caro", "Tosca" (excerpts) - uncredited) 1969 Capricci (writer: "La Bohème") 1967 New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (TV Series) (music - 1 episode) - Alumni Reunion (1967) ... (music: "Si.

Mi chiamano Mimi") 1940 It's a Date (music: "Musetta's Waltz from 'La bohème'" (1896) - uncredited) 1939 First Love (music: "Un bel di (One Fine Day)") 1939 Lady of the Tropics (music: "Ai tuoi piedi son" - uncredited) 1939 Broadway Serenade (music: "Un Bel Di" (1904) - uncredited) / (writer: "Quando M'En Vo (Musetta's Waltz)" (1896) - uncredited) 1938 Porky at the Crocadero (Short) ("Avalon", uncredited) 1937 I'll Take Romance (music: "First Act Duet from 'Madame Butterfly'") 1936 Thou Art My Joy (music: "È lucevan le stelle", "Donna non vidi mai", "No! Pazzo son!

Guardate!" - uncredited) 1936 The Great Ziegfeld (music: "Un bel dì vedremo" - uncredited) 1936 Rose-Marie (music: "Tosca" (1900) - uncredited) 1935 Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (Short) (music: "Avalon" - uncredited) 1935 Here's to Romance (music: "Selection from the opera 'Tosca'") 1935 Buddy Steps Out (Short) ("Avalon", uncredited) 1935 Love Me Forever (music: "Musetta's Street Song" from the opera "La Bohème", "Tiny Hand" from the opera "La Bohème") 1934 One Night of Love (music: "Un bel di" (1904) - uncredited) 1934 Evensong (music: "La Boheme" - uncredited) 2008 La Bohème (music by) 2008 La Rondine (TV Movie) (music by) 2008 Edgar - dramma lirico in qu

attro atti (TV Movie) (music by) 2007 Manon Lescaut (TV Movie) (music by) 2007 Tosca (TV Movie) (music by) 2007 Trittico (TV Series) (music by) 2006 La Boheme (TV Movie) (music by) 2006 In Rehearsal: A New Butterfly for the Met (TV Movie documentary) (music: from "Madama Butterfly") 2006 Tosca (TV Movie) (music by) 2005 Manon Lescaut (TV Movie) (music by) 2005 The Miserly Knight/Gianni Schicchi (TV Series) (music by: "Gianni Schicchi") 2005 La Bohème (TV Movie) (music by) 2005 La fanciulla del West (TV Movie) (music by) 2004 Gianni Schicchi (TV Movie) (music by) 2004 La Bohème (TV Movie) (music by) 2004/I Madama Butterfly (TV Movie) (music by

) 2004 Edgar (TV Movie) (music by) 2004 Le Villi (TV Movie) (music by) 2004/II Madama Butterfly (TV Movie) (music by) 2004 Tosca (TV Movie) (music by) 2003 La Bohème (TV Movie) (music by) 2003 Madama Butterfly (TV Movie) (music by) 2002 Turandot (TV Movie) (music by) 2001 Tosca (TV Movie) (music by) 2001 Tosca (music by) 1998 La Bohème (TV Movie) (music by) 1998 La rondine (TV Movie) (music by) 1998 Turandot (TV Movie) (music by) 1998 Manon Lescaut (TV Movie) (music by) 1998 Tosca (TV Movie) (music by) 1997 Manon Lescaut (TV Movie) (music by) 1997 Great Composers (TV Series documentary) (music - 1

 episode) - Giacomo Puccini 1858 - 1924 (1997) ...

(music: selected from the works of) 1997 Madama Butterfly (TV Movie) (music by) 1995 Madama Butterfly (TV Movie) (music by) 1995 Das geschriebene Gesicht (Documentary) (music: from "Madama Butterfly") 1995 Operavox (TV Series) (music by - 1 episode) - Turandot (1995) ... (music by) 1977-1994 The Metropolitan Opera Presents (TV Series) (music by - 6 episodes) - Il Tabarro/Pagliacci (1994) ... (music by: "Il tabarro") - Tosca (1985) ... (music by) - Il tabarro (1983) ...

(music by) 1982 La Bohème (TV Movie) (music by) 1982 La fanciulla del West (TV Movie) (music by) 1982 Tosca (TV Movie) (music by) 1982 La bohème (Video) (music by) 1982 Price/Horne Met Gala Concert (TV Special) (music: "Chil il bel sogno" from "La rondine") / (music: "Flower Duet" from "Madama Butterfly") 1981 Turandot (TV Movie) (music by) 1981 Gianni Schicchi (TV Movie) (music by) 1981 La Tosca (TV Movie) (music by: "Tosca") 1980 La Bohème (TV Movie) (music by) 1979 La bohème (TV Movie) (music by) 1977 La Fanciulla del West (TV Movie) (music by) 1976 Tosca (TV Movie) (music by) 1975 Madama Butterfly (TV Movie) (music by

) 1972 NET Opera Theater (TV Series) (music by - 1 episode) - La Rondine (1972) ...

(music by) 1965 Madame Butterfly (TV Movie) (music by)

Question: Give a year in the life of composer Puccini.
Answer: 1858-1924