We all know the most famous works of Puccini - La Bohème, Turandot, Tosca, the list goes on.
But Puccini's very FIRST stage work was written for a competition of one-act operas. He didn't win an award for it, nor an honourable mention, but his supporters, among them composer Arrigo Boito, funded its being brought to life.
On the night of the premiere, Puccini wrote to his mother:
𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘭 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝟥𝟣 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝟣𝟪𝟪𝟦: "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴; 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥; 𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴; 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦".... What a good son!
Its success led to the opera's publication by Ricordi(!)
Here, tenor Andrei Danilov, Grand Prix & Opera Prize Winner of the 55th International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch sings the climax of the aria with the South Netherlands Philharmonic under the baton of Hartmut Haenchen.
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