Famous Composers: Giacomo Puccini

Step back in time to explore the life and environment of the creator of some of the world's best-loved operas, Giacomo Puccini. This edition of the Famous Composer Series relays the colorful stories behind Puccini's famous musical masterpieces, his gifts for theatrical presentation, his well-developed melodic sense and sources of inspiration. In 1910, Puccini presented +La Fanciulla del West, written for the Metropolitan Opera in New York; however, the composer earned critical success, fortune, and enduring fame for +Manon Lescaut and +La Boh?me, +Tosca, +Madame Butterfly, and +Turandot. The 1996 film is a behind-the-scenes study of an incredible musical genius.