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Chapter 62

Chapter 62 . Opera in Milan after Verdi: Puccini, Toscanini, and Verismo. Lecture Overview. Operas as a business and art in Italy at the turn of the 20th century Giacomo Puccini life and works Madama Butterfly , aria “Dovunque al mondo” Rise of the virtuoso conductor Arturo Toscanini

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Chapter 62

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  1. Chapter 62 Opera in Milan after Verdi: Puccini, Toscanini, and Verismo

  2. Lecture Overview • Operas as a business and art in Italy at the turn of the 20th century • Giacomo Puccini • life and works • Madama Butterfly, aria “Dovunque al mondo” • Rise of the virtuoso conductor • Arturo Toscanini • Verismo opera • Review

  3. The Life of Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) • 1858 born in Lucca (near Florence); father a church organist • 1880 enters Milan Conservatory, studies with Amilcare Ponchielli • 1893 first operatic success with Manon Lescaut • 1904 composes Madama Butterfly • 1924 dies in Brussels

  4. Principal Compositions by Giacomo Puccini • Operas: 12 including • La Bohème • Madama Butterfly • Tosca • Turandot • Chorus: miscellaneous pieces including a Mass

  5. Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly, 1904, aria “Dovunque al mondo” Varied strophic form

  6. The Life of Arturo Toscanini (1867–1957) • 1867 born in Parma, studies cello at local conservatory • 1886 begins career of operatic conductor in Rio de Janeiro, later in Turin • 1896 conducts the premiere of Puccini’s La Bohème in Turin • 1898 appointed chief conductor at La Scala in Milan • 1908 conducts at Metropolitan Opera in New York • 1928 music director of New York Philharmonic Orchestra • 1937 conducts the NBC Symphony Orchestra, an organization created expressly for him • 1957 dies in New York

  7. Review Key Terms • impresario • Ricordi • Arturo Toscanini • verismo • Pietro Mascagni • Ruggero Leoncavallo

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