Puccini: A Listener's Guide In this informative volume

In this informative volume

a native Iranian and well-known artist

This study offers both technical and historical views of the art of the sabre

and premature death — along with the unforgettable story of the beautiful

and numerous problems and references appear at the end of each chapter as well

Puccini: A Listener's Guide In this informative volumeGiacomo Puccini (18581924) began his career at the end of the Romantic period and his death signaled the end of the last major age of Italian opera. During his lifetime and in posterity, the composer's popularity surpassed that of his peers, and three of his works La bohme, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly rank among the twenty first century's ten most performed operas. With their enchanting melodies, exotic subjects, and realistic plots, Puccini's operas