Surname: Puccini         Name:     Giacomo
Nickname: King of Verismo

First opera: La Villi

Born: Lucca, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, 22 December 1858.
Died: Brussels, Belgium, 29 November 1924.

Life: He married, after a long relationship out of marriage, Elvira Gemignani .He built a reputation as a game hunter, collectors of cars and motor boats and a great romantic figure.

Career: he descended from a long line  of musician of composers and conductors. A scholarship from Queen Margherita supported Puccini in his education at the music  conservatory in Milan under Ponchielli. In all Puccini wrote twelve operas, but died before he could complete the last " Turandot"

Others important operas: "La Boheme", "Tosca","La fanciulla del West", "La Rondine", "The trilogy of il Tabarro", "Suor Angelica", "Madama Butterfly" and "Gianni Schicchi."