{"product_id":"giacomo-puccini-isbn-9780714832913","title":"Giacomo Puccini","description":"Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) is perhaps the world's most popular composer of operas.  Works such as \u003ci\u003eLa Bohème\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMadame Butterfly \u003c\/i\u003ehave a universal appeal and are an essential part of the repetoire of every major opera house.  He is renowned above all for his gift as a melodist, but he was also a new force in musical drama, and posessed a tremendous sense of theatre.  The author draws attention to the felicity, daring and extraordinary colouring of Puccini's music, and counters the view that he was a retrogressive who through his choice of harrowing subject matter aimed to shock.  This is a polemic, passionate and rational attempt to set the man from Lucca among the immortal greats.","brand":"Phaidon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44891984724197,"sku":"NP9780714832913","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/fc8ded0f-da7b-48cf-9e1f-adbc018112f8.jpg?v=1767979951","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/giacomo-puccini-isbn-9780714832913","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}