Puccini

American

[poo-chee-nee, poot-chee-nee] / puˈtʃi ni, putˈtʃi ni /

noun

Giacomo 1858–1924, Italian operatic composer.

Puccini British

/ pʊˈtʃiːnɪ /

noun

Giacomo (ˈdʒaːkomo). 1858–1924, Italian operatic composer, noted for the dramatic realism of his operas, which include Manon Lescaut (1893), La Bohème (1896), Tosca (1900), and Madame Butterfly (1904)

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She added that CEO Michael Intrator is a fan of opera, especially Puccini.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

"In a sense, we could expect them to do great performances of Puccini or of The Nutcracker," he says.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2025

"Puccini and Verdi and Mozart were writing operas that dealt with the issues of their time," he said.

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2024

Chorister was an enormously difficult job even when the Met’s repertory extended from Handel through Mozart, Verdi, Wagner and Puccini to the middle of the 20th century.

From New York Times • May 21, 2024

He’d sit forward while the notes of Puccini sounded before him.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

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