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Franco Alfano (8 March 1875 – 27 October 1954) was an Italian composer and pianist, best known today for his operas Cyrano de Bergerac (1936), Risurrezione (1904) and for having completed Puccini's opera Turandot in 1926.
Franco Alfano (Napoli, 8 marzo 1875 – Sanremo, 27 ottobre 1954) è stato un compositore italiano. Può essere considerato come uno degli ultimi rappresentanti della scuola verista italiana ed ebbe i suoi maggiori successi in campo teatrale, dove attenuò progressivamente l'enfasi verista per giungere a composizioni più meditate e ...
Turandot. When Puccini died in 1924, his final opera, Turandot, remained unfinished. It took two years for Franco Alfano to complete the score, but anticipation for the last work of the most successful composer of the day was immense.
Jan 21, 2024 · Franco Alfano (1876-1954) is known today mostly for having finished Puccini’s Turandot, a feat for which he has gathered almost universal scorn. It is hard
Franco Alfano (8 March 1875 - 27 October 1954) was an Italian composer and pianist. Best known today for his opera Risurrezione (1904) and above all for having completed Puccini's opera Turandot in 1926.
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Jul 12, 2004 · This study of the ending customarily appended to Giacomo Puccini's unfinished Turandot offers a new perspective on its genesis: that of its principal creator, Franco Alfano.
Cyrano de Bergerac is a four-act opera with music by Franco Alfano, and libretto by Henri Caïn, based on Edmond Rostand's 1897 drama Cyrano de Bergerac.
