{"id":6025,"date":"2023-03-15T17:23:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T17:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/puccinimuseum.demo.mediaus.online\/the-people\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T11:21:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T11:21:41","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.puccinimuseum.org\/en\/giacomo-puccini\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n \n Who knew him closely<\/span>\n <\/span>\n \t\t\t\t\t

\n <\/span>People<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text el_class=”intro-text”]<\/p>\n

The family, the friends, and more generally the people who played an important role in Giacomo Puccini’s life.
\nThe Puccini Museum thanks the Centro studi Giacomo Puccini for the biographies listed here.<\/p>\n

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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tCarlo Angeloni<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 16 July 1834, 13 January 1901) composer and teacher. A pupil of Michele Puccini senior at the Lucca Institute of Music, he became a teacher of singing and then, since 1873, of composition, succeeding the resigning Fortunato Magi, Giacomo\u2019s uncle. His pupils in composition, as well as Giacomo Puccini, included Carlo Carignani and Gaetano Luporini.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3443″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tAntonio Bazzini<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Brescia, 11 March 1818 \u2013 Milan, 10 February 1897) violinist, composer and teacher. Up to 1864 he followed a career as a violinist throughout Europe; later devoted himself to composition and teaching. From 1873 he taught composition at the Milan Conservatory, which he directed from 1882. His students \u2013 as well as Puccini \u2013 included Catalani and Mascagni. Among his compositions we remember the opera Turanda<\/em> (1867).[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3433″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tAntonio Bettolacci<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text]Close friend and hunting companion of Puccini, he was the administrator of the Ginori-Lisci family, which owned, among other things, Lake Massaciuccoli.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes” el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3445″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tBice Bonturi<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text]Daughter of Zeffiro.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes” el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3499″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tRita Bonturi<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text]Daughter of Zeffiro.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3514″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tElvira Bonturi<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 13 June, 1860 \u2013 Milan, 9 July, 1930), partner and later wife of Giacomo Puccini, with whom she had one son, Antonio. She had married Narciso Gemignani on 19 February 1880 and from this marriage Fosca and Renato were born. In 1886 she left her husband to follow Puccini. Often in their letters Giacomo and Elvira call each other respectively \u201cTopisio\u201d and \u201cTopisia.\u201d[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3459″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tLivia Bonturi<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 6 October, 1873 -? 9 January, 1945), Elvira\u2019s sister, lived in the Birth Home from 1927 to 1937.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3447″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tZeffiro Bonturi<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 19 January 1862 \u2013 ?), Elvira\u2019s brother.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3455″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tE. Buonini<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text]Painter, is probably to be identified with a Buonini belonging to the \u201ccolony\u201d of people from Lucca in Rome and a friend of Puccini.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3457″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tLeonetto Cappiello<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Leghorn, 1875 \u2013 Cannes, 1942), painter, poster artist and caricaturist, active in Paris since 1898, is considered to be one of the fathers of advertising poster art. He also made famous caricatures of Puccini.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3519″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tAlfredo Caselli<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 8 December, 1865 \u2013 San Pellegrino in Alpe, Lucca, 15 August, 1921) owner of the caff\u00e8 Caselli (first Carluccio, today Di Simo), in via Fillungo, Lucca, a close friend of Puccini. His coffee shop was a meeting place for many famous artists and intellectuals, including Giovanni Pascoli.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3429″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tAngela Cer\u00f9<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Camaiore, Lucca, 8 September, 1778 \u2013 Lucca, 1865) married Domenico Puccini on 13 November, 1805.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3437″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tArcangelo Cer\u00f9<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text]Angela\u2019s brother, lived on the first floor of the building which includes Puccini\u2019s Birth Home.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3537″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tNicolao Cer\u00f9<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 1815\/17 \u2013 Lucca, 27 June, 1894) cousin of Michele Puccini senior. He was a physician, philanthropist and scholar, collector of autographs, manuscripts, documents, various books and memoirs relating to the history of Lucca, now preserved at the State Archives of Lucca. On the death of his cousin, he became the guardian of his children, helped the Puccini family financially and in particular subsidized the studies in Milan of both Giacomo and Michele junior.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3539″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tGalileo Chini<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Florence, 2 December, 1873 \u2013 Florence, 23 August, 1956), painter, ceramist and decorator. One of the protagonists of Italian Art Nouveau style. From 1908 he also worked for the theatre. He designed, inter alia, the sketches and scenes for the premieres of Gianni Schicchi<\/em> and Turandot<\/em>.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3473″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tPietro Coppola<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Milan, 1888 \u2013 Lausanne, 1971) conductor, he can almost be considered a specialist in La fanciulla del West. <\/em>Infact he took part to the first performances in Lucca and Turin in 1911, as an assistant to Tullio Serafin and Vittorio Gui, continuing, as a conductor himself, in Florence, in April 1912, all performances in the presence of Puccini.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3541″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tDante Del Fiorentino<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Quiesa, Lucca, 13 March, 1889 \u2013 Camaiore, Lucca, 19 November, 1969) priest. After the first world war he was chaplain at Torre del Lago, where he met Puccini. In 1923 he moved to New York where he became a pastor in Brooklyn. He collected documents concerning Puccini in Italy and in 1952 for the first time published the Messa<\/em> and a biography of the composer.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes” el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3461″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tLivio Dell'Anna<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text]Rita Dell’Anna\u2019s brother.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3501″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tRita Dell\u2019Anna<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Milan, 24 July, 1904 \u2013 Monte Carlo, 24 July, 1979), wife of Antonio Puccini jr. The creation of a museum in the birthplace of Giacomo Puccini is due to her donation of the property as well as many mementos and documents.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3495″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tRaffaello Franceschini<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 7 April, 1854 \u2013 Celle di Camaiore, Lucca, 28 May, 1942), brother-in-law of Giacomo Puccini. In 1882 he married Ramelde, sister of the musician, with whom he had three daughters, Alba (or Albina), Nelda and Adelaide (called Nina). For many years he was the director of the tax office of the municipality of Pescia.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3548″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tNarciso Gemignani<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 30 March 1856 \u2013 Lucca, 26 February 1903)
\ntrader and amateur baritone. He joined the Francesco Burlamacchi Masonic Lodge of Lucca. On 19 February 1880 he married Elvira Bonturi, with whom he had two children, Fosca and Renato. His wife left him in 1886 to live with Puccini, taking her daughter with her and leaving the male infant with his father. In letters the musician refers to him by the nickname of Bambacini or Mago (Wizard).[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3546″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tDomenico Ghiselli<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 1880 \u2013 Viareggio, 1934) painter, sculptor e decorator.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3550″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tGiuseppe Giacosa<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Colleretto Parella, Ivrea, 21 October, 1847 \u2013 Colleretto Parella, 1 September, 1906), playwright and librettist. Author of numerous theatrical plays, including Tristi amori<\/em> (1887) and Come le foglie<\/em> (1900), he was also the publisher and editor of the magazine \u201cLa Lettura\u201d. With Luigi Illica he wrote libretti for La boh\u00e8me<\/em>, Tosca<\/em> and Madama Butterfly<\/em>.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3552″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tLuigi Illica<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Castell\u2019Arquato, Piacenza, 9 May, 1857 \u2013 Colombarone, Modena, 16 December, 1919), librettist, journalist, writer and playwright. With Giuseppe Giacosa he wrote the librettos for La boh\u00e8me<\/em>, Tosca<\/em> and Madama Butterfly<\/em>. He also wrote libretti for Alfredo Catalani, Alberto Franchetti, Antonio Smareglia, Umberto Giordano, Pietro Mascagni and others. As a playwright, he wrote plays in Italian and in Milanese dialect.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3559″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tMaria Jeritza<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Brno, 1887 \u2013 Orange, New Jersey, 1982), a famous soprano, covered, in the course of her international career, many Puccini roles (famous was her interpretation of Tosca<\/em>). She met Puccini in Vienna on the occasion of the Austrian premiere of La fanciulla del West<\/em>.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3555″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tAlbina Magi<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 2 November, 1830 \u2013 Lucca, 17 July, 1884), Giacomo\u2019s mother. Around 1850 she married Michele Puccini with whom she had seven daughters: Otilia, Tomaide Temi (or Zemi), Nitteti, Iginia, Ramelde and Macrina, and the two sons, Giacomo and Michele.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3557″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tEdoardo Marchioro<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](1882 \u2013 1935), stage designer who trained in the environment of the Teatro alla Scala, beginning his career in 1913. His collaboration with the Teatro alla Scala, which began in the 1921-22 season, continued to be intense and fruitful until his death.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3449″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tCarola Martinelli<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text]House maid in the Puccini home in Lucca since 1860.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3441″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tAssunta Menconi<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](January 1827? \u2013 March 1908?) house maid in the Puccini home in Lucca since 1854.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3439″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tArmando Nieri<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 1880 \u2013 Lucca, 1970), with his brother Luigi, owner of the Hotel Universo in Lucca and manager of the Casino of Bagni di Lucca. His friendship with Puccini probably started in 1907, when the composer was staying at his hotel while preparing Madama Butterfly<\/em> at the Teatro del Giglio.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3471″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tAngela Maria Piccinini<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 2 October 1722 \u2013 Lucca, 14 February 1794) in 1742 she married Giacomo Puccini senior.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3475″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tAmilcare Ponchielli<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Paderno Fasolaro, Cremona, 31 August, 1834 \u2013 Milan, 16 January, 1886), composer and teacher. He was the teacher of composition of Puccini and Mascagni at the Milan Conservatory, where he arrived in 1882 to replace Antonio Bazzini, who was appointed director. He wrote eleven operas, including La Gioconda<\/em> (Milan, 1880).[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes” el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3469″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tNiccol\u00f2 Paganini<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Genoa, 1782 \u2013 Nice, 1840), extremely famous violinist and composer.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3435″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tAntonio Puccini junior<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Monza, 22 December, 1886 \u2013 Viareggio, 21 February, 1946), son of Giacomo Puccini and Elvira Bonturi. He studied electrical engineering and mechanical engineering at Mittweida, Germany, without completing his studies. In 1933 he married Rita Dell\u2019Anna. In the family was called Tonio.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3477″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tAntonio Puccini senior<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 30 July, 1747 \u2013 Lucca, 10 February, 1832), composer. His career retraced the steps of his father Giacomo. He studied music in Bologna (with Giuseppe Carretti and the abbot Zanardi), he was admitted to the Accademia Filarmonica (1771), obtained the posts offices of Maestro della Cappella di Palazzo and organist in the Cathedral at Lucca. In 1771 he married Caterina Tesei.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3453″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tChiara Puccini<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 19 October, 1811 \u2013 Lucca, 24 December 1889), sister of Michele Puccini senior, and aunt of Giacomo. In 1842 she married Evaristo Biagini, by whom she had seven children, including Adelchi, Carlo and Roderigo.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3479″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tDomenico Puccini<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 5 April, 1772 \u2013 Lucca, 25 May, 1815) composer, the son of Antonio Puccini senior and Caterina Tesei. He studied with Padre Mattei in Bologna and later in Naples with Paisiello. During the principality of the Baciocchi he led various choirs of the court. In 1805 he married Angela Cer\u00f9, an amateur musician. His production combines chamber music and operas with the genres already frequented by his father and grandfather.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3481″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tGiacomo Puccini senior<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Celle in Val di Roggio, today Celle dei Puccini, Lucca, 26 January, 1712 \u2013 Lucca, 16 May, 1781), composer, founder of the Puccini dynasty of musicians. After losing his father when less than four years old, he moved to Lucca where he could count on the support of a clergyman uncle. He completed his musical studies at Bologna, at the school of Giuseppe Carretti.
\nHe remained in contact with the environment of Bologna even after returning to his native town, thanks to his admission to the Accademia Filarmonica (1743) and his relationships with Padre Martini. In 1739 he was appointed Maestro della Cappella di Palazzo and in the following year organist of the Cathedral of San Martino. To these two offices were added many others, in the many churches of Lucca. In 1742 he married Angela Maria Piccinini.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3483″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tIginia Puccini<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 19 November, 1856 \u2013 Lucca, 2 October 1922), sister of Giacomo. Schoolgirl since 1863 in the convent of the Augustinian nuns of S. Nicolao (later transferred to Vicopelago in the suburbs), she took vows on 29 November, 1875 with the name of Sister Giulia Enrichetta. She was superior of the convent for five times.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3463″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tMacrina Puccini<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 13 September 1862 \u2013 Lucca, 4 January 1870) Giacomo\u2019s sister.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3489″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tMaria Nitteti Puccini<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 27 October, 1854 \u2013 Pordenone, 3 June, 1928), Giacomo\u2019s sister, who often dubbed her Merolle or Nano. On 24 February, 1884 she married the lawyer Alberto Marsili, with whom she had two children, Carlo Alberto and Alba.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3487″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tMichele Puccini junior<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 19 April, 1864 \u2013 Rio de Janeiro, 12 March, 1891), Giacomo\u2019s brother. Like his older brother, he studied music at the Music Institute of Lucca, then at the Milan Conservatory. In the Autumn of 1889 he emigrated to Argentina and in Jujuy found work as a teacher of music and Italian. He died of yellow fever.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3485″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tMichele Puccini senior<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 27 November, 1813 \u2013 Lucca, 23 January, 1864), Giacomo\u2019s father, composer, organist at the Cathedral of San Martino, a teacher and Director of the Institute and the Musical Choir.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3491″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tOtilia Puccini<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 24 January, 1851 \u2013 Lucca, 9 March, 1923), Giacomo\u2019s sister. On 13 August, 1872 she married the doctor Massimo Del Carlo, by whom she had a son Carlo.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3497″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tRamelde Puccini<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 18 December, 1859 \u2013 Bologna, 8 April, 1912), Giacomo\u2019s sister. On 2 February, 1883 she married the tax collector Raffaello Franceschini, with whom she had three daughters, Alba (or Albina), Nelda and Adelaide (nicknamed Nina).[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3505″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tSimonetta Puccini<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Pisa, 2 June 1929 \u2013 Milano, 16 December 2017) daughter of Antonio Puccini jr.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3507″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tTemi (o Zemi) Puccini<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 5 October 1853 \u2013 Lucca, 1854) Giacomo\u2019s sister.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3493″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tTomaide Puccini<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Lucca, 14 April 1852 \u2013 Lucca, 24 August 1917) Giacomo\u2019s sister. On 13 July 1881 she married the widower Enrico Gherardi.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes” el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3467″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tMarcello Tommasi<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Pietrasanta, 1928 \u2013 Lido di Camaiore, 2008), sculptor and painter, working in Florence, Paris and Pietrasanta.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3564″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tGiulio Ricordi<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Milan, 19 December 1840 \u2013 Milan, 6 June 1912) ran the family publishing business from 1888 succeeding his father Tito. He played a key role in the affirmation of Puccini, for whom he was both an artistic and a point of reference .[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3561″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tSybil Seligman<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
\n\t
\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Pancras, Middlesex, 1868 \u2013 London, 1936), maiden name Beddington. In 1891 she had married the banker David Seligman. Introduced to Puccini in 1904 by Francesco Paolo Tosti, her singing teacher, she became from then on an intimate friend and confidant\/advisor of the composer.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3451″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tCaterina Tesei<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Bologna, 1747 \u2013 Lucca, 7 March 1818), in 1771 she married Antonio Puccini senior.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes” el_class=”item-persone”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3509″ img_size=”full”]
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\n \n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\tRichard Wagner<\/span>\n<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\t[vc_column_text](Leipzig, 22 May 1813 \u2013 Venice, 13 February 1883) composer.[\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”80px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”150px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” simple_background_color=”#f8f8f8″][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”100px”]
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