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
Torna ai felici dì Iddio, del mio destin quest'è la meta... Fa che il perdono, fa che il perdon La renda lieta un solo istante e poi morrò! Pregar non posso! Ah, maledetto il dì Che andai lontan di qui! Maledetta sia la tua bellezza, o cortigiana vil... Maledetta in eterno! Maledetta!</poem> Torna ai felici dì "Torna ai felici dì" ("Return to the happy days") is a tenor aria from act 2 of the 1884 opera, "Le Villi" by Giacomo Puccini. It is sung by Roberto as he mourns the loss of the days of his youth and his beloved Anna. Anna has been