Puccini, Giacomo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
PUCCINI, GIACOMO ja komo poot-che ne, 1858 1924, Italian composer of operas. He wrote some of the most popular works in the...criticized for excessive sentimentality. Wit and dramatic vivacity, however, mark his comic opera Gianni Schicchi (1918), and Puccini has remained, with Verdi , a preeminent master of the Italian operatic stage. See his letters, ed. by G. Adami (tr...