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Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Edward Gardner & London Philharmonic Orchestra:
🎵 Puccini: La bohème, Act I: Che gelida manina

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#GiuseppeGiacosa was born #OnThisDay in 1847; the playwright is remembered for the #opera libretti he wrote with Luigi Illica for #GiacomoPuccini's "La Bohème," "Tosca" & #MadamaButterfly; here's the duet "Bimba dagli occhi":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwBm...
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"I lived for my art, I lived for love, I never did harm to a living soul!" ("Vissi d'Arte" - Tosca)

🎭 #GiuseppeGiacosa, Italian playwright, poet, and librettist (Puccini's "La bohème", "Tosca", and "Madama Butterfly"), was #BOTD 21 October 1847. #Poetry #Opera

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Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica & Victorien Sardou:
🎵 Puccini: Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle

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Giuseppe Giacosa

"Madama Butterfly"

"Tosca"

"La Bohème"

#GiuseppeGiacosa was born #OnThisDay in 1847, remembered today for the libretti he wrote with Luigi Illica for Giacomo Puccini's three most popular operas: "La Bohème," "Tosca" & "Madama Butterfly"; here's the first act duet from it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwBm...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giusepp...