Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (22 December 1858 - 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer whose operas are among the important operas played as standards.
Quotes
La bohème (1896)
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica after Henry Murger's novel.
- in te ravviso --il sogno ch'io vorrei sempre sognar! (Rudolfo)
- In you, I see the Dreams that I have always dreamed/longed for!
- Act I O Soave Fanciulla
- Ho tante cose che ti voglio dire, o una sola, ma grande come il mare, come il mare profonda ed infinita...Sei il mio amore e tutta la mia vita! (Mimi)
- There are many things that I want to tell you -- well, really, only one -- but that one is as large as the ocean -- as the ocean is deep and infinite, so is my love for you and it will be for all my life!
- Act IV Sono andante?
Tosca (1900)
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica after Victorien Sardou's play.
- Questo è il bacio di Tosca! (Floria Tosca)
- This is Tosca's kiss!
- Act II
- Avanti a lui tremava tutta Roma. (Floria Tosca)
- Before him all Rome trembled.
- Act II
