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- NAME: Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini
- OCCUPATION: Songwriter
- BIRTH DATE: December 22, 1858
- DEATH DATE: November 29, 1924
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Lucca, Italy
- PLACE OF DEATH: Brussels, Belgium
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Italian composer Giacomo Puccini started the operatic trend toward realism with his popular works La Boheme and Madame Butterfly.
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Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, born 1858 and died 1924, started the operatic trend toward realism with his popular works. Puccini's operas utilize a theme called Il tabarro: “Chi ha vissuto per amore, per amore si morì” (“He who has lived for love, has died for love”). He uses the theme in his popular operas: La Boheme, Madame Butterfly, and Tosca.© 2012 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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