These essays by respected scholars examine representative operatic productions from diverse national schools and periods, together forming a comprehensive histo

Giacomo Puccini is one of the most frequently performed and best loved of all operatic composers. In Il Trittico, Turandot, and Puccini's Late Style, Andrew Dav

Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème is one of the most frequently performed operas in the world. But how did it come to be so adored? In this book, author Alexandra Wi

Unfinished at Puccini's death in 1924, Turandot was not only his most ambitious work, but it became the last Italian opera to enter the international repertory.

This masterful biography provides the most authentic and revealing portrait to date of this major operatic composer