Puccini 2023

Giacomo Puccini was born in a poor family on December 22, 1858, in _____, Italy.

• Lucca

• Parma

• Milan

• Venice

Giacomo was only __ years old when his father died.

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

Puccini's mother hired a ____ and the city helped him in subsidizing his music education.

• tutor

• nurse

• police

• priest

Puccini died in Brussels on 29 November 1924, aged ___.

• 55

• 57

• 60

• 64

News of Puccini's death reached Rome during a performance of ____ ______.

• Madame Butterfly

• La Boheme

• Toscana

• Turandot

Puccini and his brothers went to Pisa to watch whose opera?

• Verdi

• Schubert

• Bizet

• Wagner

Puccini studied and was admitted to:

• Milan Conservatory

• Paris Conservatory

• Busseto Conservatory

• Parma Conservatory

These are the famous operas of Puccini except one:

• AIDA

• LA BOHEME

• TOSCA

• MADAMA BUTTERFLY

A poet, a painter, a musician, and a philosopher are living together in Paris, when one freezing Christmas Eve their lives are changed forever.

• LA BOHEME

• TURANDOT

• TOSCA

• MADAMA BUTTERFLY

The plot centers around three main characters – Rome's diva Floria Tosca, her lover Mario Cavaradossi and the corrupt Chief of Police, Baron Scarpia.

• LA BOHEME

• TURANDOT

• TOSCA

• MADAMA BUTTERFLY