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.

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! (Rodolfo)
 * 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! (Mimì)
 * 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