La Boheme Turin Premiere
Giacomo Puccini's La boheme premiered in Turin, following young artists, poverty and romance in Paris.
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Giacomo Puccini Biography and Timeline
Follow Giacomo Puccini through 6 dated historical records for Italy.
Giacomo Puccini, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1896–1926Years on this page
1896
1900
Tosca Rome Premiere
Giacomo Puccini's Tosca premiered in Rome, blending political repression and romantic jealousy into an operatic thriller.
1904
Madam Butterfly
1st performance of, "Madam Butterfly"
Madama Butterfly Milan Premiere
Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly premiered in Milan, telling the story of a Japanese woman's betrayal by an American naval officer.
1910
Girl of the Golden West Premiere
Giacomo Puccini’s La fanciulla del West premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1910, presenting a romance in the California Gold Rush.
1926
Turandot Milan Premiere
Giacomo Puccini's unfinished Turandot premiered posthumously at La Scala, presenting a deadly riddle contest in a fictionalized imperial China.
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.