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Signore, Ascolta! (Turandot) 1924 – Giacomo Puccini

Pieces of music from the Italian composer Giacomo Puccini have featured here from his Operas: La Bohème and Tosca, but nothing from Turandot or Madame Butterfly. But hold your hats because today we have an exquisite soprano aria from act one of the opera Turandot called

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Musetta’s Waltz (1896) – La Bohème / Giacomo Puccini – (Moonstruck Soundtrack)

Have you ever seen a full moon as big as this one in Moonstruck? It’s comparable to the one presented in The Truman Show. I haven’t seen any like those; they are so big and illustrious. Take for example the

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O Soave Fanciulla – Act 1 (1896) – Giacomo Puccini

This is the second musical piece to feature here from Italian composer Giacomo Puccini. I first heard this in the movie Moonstruck which I reviewed here. O soave fanciulla (O gentle maiden) is a romantic duet from the first act of Giacomo Puccini’s 1896 opera La

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E Lucevan Le Stelle (1900) – Giacomo Puccini

Just the other week I caught a sensational documentary on one of my favourite channels ‘Film and Arts‘ called Magical Moments in Music: Maria Callas & Tosca. It tells the wondrous comeback performance in 1964 of American-born Greek Soprano Maria

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