Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (; 22 December 1858 29 November 1924) was an Italian opera composer who has been called "the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi". Puccini's early work was rooted in traditional late-19th-century romantic Italian opera. Later, he successfully developed his work in the realistic "verismo" style, of which he became one of the leading exponents. Puccini's most renowned works are "La bohème" (1896), "Tosca" (1900), "Madama Butterfly" (1904), and "Turandot" (1924), all of which are among the important operas played as standards. Puccini was born Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria
The Little Saigon News The Little Saigon News The Little Saigon News () is a weekly publication for the Vietnamese-American community in the United States. It is based out of Orange County, California. On April 13, 2015, "The Little Saigon News" filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Launched in 1985, The Little Saigon News was distributed in Orange County, and then expanded to the rest of California, then other parts of the nation, and to Canada. Its Vietnamese name, Saigon Nho, meaning “Little Saigon”, was coined by the founder, publisher, and editor, Mrs. Hoang Duoc Thao. Thao, a writer and business woman, named the