Post by Farobag Homi Cooper
A political verve, aficionado of epicurean delicacies and a feminist without a trace of arrogance !
The passionate composer, Giacomo Puccini was born on December 22, 1858 in Lucca, Italy. Primarily known and highly regarded for his operatic works, he was the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Giuseppe Verdi. “Without fever there is no creation, because emotional art is a kind of malady, an exceptional state of mind, an over-excitation of every fibre and every atom of one’s being.”