Opera Classics Library Puccini Companion

A unique and ideal addition to a sophisticated opera library. The PUCCINI COMPANION features each of Puccini's 12 operas: Le villi, Edgar, Manon Lescaut, La boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La fanciulla del West, La rondine, Il tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, and Turandot. Each opera chapter includes Principal Characters, Brief Story Synopsis. Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, an insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, and a complete, newly translated Libretto with Italian-English side-by side (Turandot libretto is excluded. OVER 260 MUSIC EXAMPLES.