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The Puccini Music Mix

Giacomo Puccini was a heartbreaker whose melodies captured human emotion. Journey through the beautiful landscape of Italian opera and listen to his extraordinary compositions.

Giacomo Puccini, the bad boy of the opera world, had an extraordinary ability to write some of the world’s most beautiful melodies. His music captured human emotions and broke hearts.

From dramatic Verdi overtures to Rossini’s comic touches, Bellini’s melancholy to Puccini’s leading ladies, hear the high emotions, drama and beautiful landscapes of some of the best music written for the stage. This playlist takes you right to the beating and bleeding heart of Italian opera.

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Music Played

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Gianni Schicchi

    Performer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Music Arranger: Charles Mackerras. Lyricist: Giovacchino Forzano. Lyricist: Dante Alighieri.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Intermezzo From Cavalleria Rusticana

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Philip Ellis.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung. Lyricist: Felice Romani.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Turandot, SC 91, Act III: Nessun dorma!

    Performer: Zubin Mehta. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: The John Alldis Choir. Choir: Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Turandot, SC 91, Act III: Nessun dorma!

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Le Villi - Opera in 2 Acts / Act 2

    Orchestra: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung. Lyricist: Felice Romani.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Forza del Destino Overture

    Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Conductor: Arturo Basile.

  • Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari

    Jewels of the Madonna

    Orchestra: ±«Óătv Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.

  • Pauline Viardot

    Le Dernier Sorcier, Act 1 Scene 3: Chanson de la pluie

    Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Performer: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Soirées musicales: VIII. La danza (Arr. for Cello and Piano)

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Lyricist: Julian Riem.

  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    I Medici / Act 1 - Prelude

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.

  • Franz Schmidt

    Intermezzo (Notre Dame)

    Performer: Paavo JĂ€rvi. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Lyricist: Leopold Wilk.

  • Enrico Cannio

    O surdato 'nnamurato'

    Performer: JosĂ© Carreras. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Music Arranger: Peter Hope. Conductor: Edoardo MĂŒller. Lyricist: Aniello Califano.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    La BohĂšme / Act 1

    Performer: Pumeza Matshikiza. Orchestra: Aarhus Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Tobias Ringborg. Lyricist: Giuseppe Giacosa. Lyricist: Luigi Illica.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Bellini / Arr Sadin: 15 Songs for Voice and Piano: X. Malinconia, Ninfa gentile

    Performer: Roberto Rizzi Brignoli. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madama Butterfly, Act 1: Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolino

    Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano. Performer: Angela Gheorghiu. Performer: Jonas Kaufmann.