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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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Licensing each song ensures musicians and rights holders are paid, and lets people request the songs they’ve been dying to sing, from emo deep cuts to Puccini operas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Everyone indulged in prodigious scenery-chewing, eschewing any subtlety that Puccini built into this tear-jerking piece in favor of all-around bludgeoning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 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

She also blamed Puccini for making singers and audiences lazy, because he wasn’t challenging enough.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2024

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

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

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