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...contemporary composers, Puccini was born at Lucca, Italy, 1858. His father, his grandfather, his great-grandfather had all composed music. He attracted attention when his one-act opera Le Villi was successfully performed at La Scala, Milan. His next work, Edgar, was a failure; but he won note with Manon Lescaut, and international fame with La Bohème. Tosca and Madame Butterfly followed. The Girl of the Golden West, based on a drama by David Belasco, produced at the Metropolitan with Caruso and Emmy Destinn, did not long survive,* nor did the three short operas Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica...
Died. Giacomo Puccini, 66, composer of La Bohème, Tosca, Madame Butterfly, Manon Lescaut; in Brussels, Belgium, of heart disease. (See Page...
October's prospective five are: Andre Chenier, Manon, Traviata, Romeo and Juliet, Rigoletto...
...Bizet With Miss Garden Saturday Matinee--Boris Godunow Moussorgsky With Mr. Chaliapin Saturday Evening--Faust Gounod The Second Week Monday--Mefistofele Boito With Mr. Chaliapin Tuesday--Snow-Maiden Rimsky-Korsakow Wednesday Matinee--Traviata Verdi Wednesday Evening--Carmen Bizet With Miss Garden Thursday--Boris Godonow Moussorgsky With Mr. Chaliapin Friday--Manon Massenet Saturday Matinee--Le Jongleur de Notre Dame Massenet and 'II Maestro di Capella Paer Saturday Evening--Otello Verdi
...second New York season, and Vienna greeted her with a tremendous ovation. Her feud with the tenor assumed larger proportions. The first excitement came when he refused to sing a performance of La Tosca with her in May. The composer, Puccini, had come to Vienna to direct his Manon Lescaut. He took a hand in the disturbance, effected a partial reconciliation between the angry singers. They appeared in La Tosca together...