Giacomo Puccini

Actor

Date of birth : 12/21/1858

Date of death : 11/29/1924

City of birth : Lucca, Grand Duchy of Tuscany [now Tuscany, Italy]

Italian composer, one of the greatest exponents of operatic realism, who virtually brought the history of Italian opera to an end. His mature operas include "La Bohème" (1896), "Tosca" (1900), "Madama Butterfly" (1904), and "Turandot" left incomplete.