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
Julianna Di Giacomo the Cincinnati Opera. In October/November 2015 she is scheduled to sing Desdemona in Verdi's "Otello" at the Teatro de la Maestranza. In March/April 2016 she sang the role of Leonora in a semi-staged performance with the San Antonio Opera and the San Antonio Symphony. Other opera companies Di Giacomo has performed with during her career include the Arizona Opera, the Municipal Theatre of Santiago, the Opéra national de Montpellier, and the Teatro Petruzzelli. Julianna Di Giacomo Julianna Di Giacomo is an American operatic soprano who has had an active international singing career since 1999. She has performed leading roles with