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Composer

Italian composer known for his operas such as 'Madama Butterfly', 'Turandot', and 'La Bohème'. His works have had a profound impact on the art of opera.

Madam Butterfly: Opera in Three Acts

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“EMOTIONAL ART IS A KIND OF ILLNESS”

Music

Author:Giacomo Puccini

“Cold calculation, random spots of color, mathematically exact construction (clearly shown or concealed), drawing that is now silent and now strident . . . . Is this not form?”

Form Color Cold Silent Drawing Spots Construction Concealed Calculations

Author:Giacomo Puccini

“I'm working, but there is so much still to be done! And it frightens me to think of my weight of years. But on we go, without fear or hesitation!”

Thinking Years Stills Done Weight Hesitation

Author:Giacomo Puccini

“See, the night doth enfold us! See, all the world lies sleeping!”

World Lying Night Sleep

Book:Madam Butterfly: Opera in Three Acts

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“I lived for art, I lived for love”

Art

Author:Giacomo Puccini

“Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.”

Men Art Inspiration Inspiring Awareness Talent Achievement Awakening Artistic Faculty Capability Composer Classical Music Composing Quickening Classical Composers Artistic Temperament

Author:Giacomo Puccini

“Art is a kind of illness.”

Kind Art Art Is Illness

Author:Giacomo Puccini

“The work comes into the world at an undetermined hour, from a still unknown, but it comes inevitably.”

World Stills Hours

Author:Giacomo Puccini

“The music of this opera (Madame Butterfly) was dictated to me by God. I was merely instrumental in getting it on paper and communicating it to the public.”

Paper Communicate Opera Butterfly

Author:Giacomo Puccini

About the Author

Born: December 22, 1858
Died: November 29, 1924
Known for: Composer
Quotes: 9

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