Giacosa, Giuseppe 1847-1906

Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini ( Recording )
603 editions published between 1903 and 2011 in 12 languages and held by 3,798 libraries worldwide
Madama Butterfly is a story of love betrayed, the innocent Japanese heroine of the title deserted by her faithless American husband and finally driven to suicide.

La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini ( Recording )
784 editions published between 1830 and 2011 in 11 languages and held by 3,785 libraries worldwide
The story of La bohème is the epitome of young starving artists whose lifestyles and escapades gave us the Bohemian genre. A notion of the poverty in which they are developing their artistic talents is evident from the very first scene as painter Marcello and poet Rodolfo try to keep warm by burning pages from Rodolfo's latest drama. Set in 1830s Paris, we follow the love between Mimi and Rodolfo as the young artists experience triumphs and tragedies.

Tosca by Giacomo Puccini ( Recording )
706 editions published between 1899 and 2011 in 10 languages and held by 3,138 libraries worldwide
The story of the love between Tosca, a singer and Cavaradossi, a painter which through the intervention of the cruel and lustful police chief, Baron Scarpia ends tragically for all concerned.

Puccini's Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini ( Book )
32 editions published between 1950 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 1,166 libraries worldwide

La Bohème ( Visual )
65 editions published between 1904 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 1,066 libraries worldwide
The story of an ill-fated love affair between an idealistic poet and a comsumptive flower-maker.

Madame Butterfly ( Visual )
25 editions published between 1965 and 2011 in 7 languages and held by 1,050 libraries worldwide
An American naval officer falls in love with a Japanese geisha girl known as Butterfly and marries her, with no intention of ever taking her home to America.

Tosca opera in three acts ( Visual )
11 editions published between 1985 and 2005 in Italian and English and held by 669 libraries worldwide
An opera in three acts about an escaped political prisoner, a prima donna, and the chief of the secret police.

Madama Butterfly Japanese tragedy ( Visual )
4 editions published between 1989 and 2005 in Italian and held by 476 libraries worldwide
An American Naval officern marries a purchased Japanese wife, Butterfly. Tragedy unfolds as Butterfly remains faithful to her American husband.

La Bohème ( Visual )
3 editions published between 1989 and 1999 in Italian and held by 385 libraries worldwide
Puccini's bittersweet tale of high-spirited bohemians and doomed love.

Tosca ( Visual )
47 editions published between 1959 and 2010 in 6 languages and held by 352 libraries worldwide
The story begins with Napoleon Bonaparte, political enemy of Scarpia advancing upon Rome. Cavaradossi a painter and Angelotti an escaped prisoner are political allies and see Napoleon as a hero. Angelotti has taken refuge in a chapel of a church in Rome in which Cavaradossi is painting a portrait of the Madonna. Cavaradossi has as his lover a famous singer Floria Tosca who attempts to enter the church and finds the door locked. She becomes jealous and demands to know why the door is locked. Angelotti and Cavaradossi engineer an escape plan for Angelotti. Various twists and turns develop involving these major players.