Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Giacomo Puccini he opera maestro akamai. ʻO ia kekahi o nā haku mele ʻekolu o ka honua. Kūkākūkā lākou iā ia ma ke ʻano he haku mele ʻoi loa o ke kuhikuhi "verismo". ʻO ke kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Dekemaba 22, 1858 ma ke kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi o Lucca. He paʻakikī kona hopena. I kona mau makahiki 5, […]