Giacomo Puccini: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Giacomo Puccini, credited to Wakeling Dry, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Giacomo Puccini by Wakeling Dry. Read in English by Ciufi Galeazzi This biography of Puccini was written while the composer was at the height of his career. Besides the usual biographical information, the author summarizes and discusses Puccini's works to this point, including Le Villi, Edgar, Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly (which was in production at the time of this writing). - Summary by Ciufi Galeazzi

Recording facts

• Recording title: Giacomo Puccini
• Author credits: Wakeling Dry
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 9
• Listed recording duration: 3:11:57

Catalogue topics

• biography
• opera
• classical music

Track guide

1. 01 - Puccini, and the Opera in General — 14:19
2. 02 - Puccini's Early Life — 17:30
3. 03 - The Puccini of Today and Yesterday — 17:06
4. 04 - Le Villi — 17:27
5. 05 - Edgar — 16:43
6. 06 - Manon — 29:54
7. 07 - La Boheme — 24:45
8. 08 - Tosca — 30:37
9. 09 - Madama Butterfly — 23:36

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