Puccini was born in Lucca, Italy into a family with a long history of music. After the death of his father when he was only five years old, he was sent to study with his uncle Fortunato Magi, who considered him to be a poor and undisciplined student. Later, he took the position of church organist and choir master, but it was not until he saw a performance of Verdi's Aida that he became inspired to be an opera composer. He and a friend walked an entire 18.5 miles (30 Kilometers) to see the performance in Pisa. In 1880, Puccini travelled to the Conservatory of Music in Milan to begin his career by studying composition with Amilcare Ponchielli.
In 1880, the Messa composed at the age of 21, marked the end of Puccini's apprenticeship as a composer and the culmination of his family's long association with church music in his native Lucca. (Note: This name normally applies only to a "Gloria" mass, setting the opening two prayers of the Catholic Mass, the Kyrie and the Gloria. However, the Messa is a setting of the full Catholic Mass.) The work offers fascinating glimpses of the dramatic power that Puccini was soon to unleash on Milan's stages; the powerful arias for tenor and bass soloists are certainly more operatic in feel than is usually encountered in church music. The orchestration and the overall feeling of drama conveyed by his music establish a dialogue with Verdi's Requiem and perhaps already constitute a prediction of the future operatic career Puccini would embrace for life.
From 1880 to 1883 he studied at the Milan Conservatory under Ponchielli and Antonio Bazzini. In 1882, Puccini entered a competition for a one-act opera. Although he did not win, Le Villi was later staged in 1884 at the Teatro dal Verme; it also caught the attention of Giulio Ricordi, head of G. Ricordi & Co. music publishers, who commissioned a second opera, Edgar (1889).
From 1891 on, Puccini passed more and more of his time at Torre del Lago, in the Tuscan countryside. In this place on the border of the Massaciuccoli lake, where he passed lots of time hunting, he found refuge from the crowded city. Later he built a villa and moved there definitively in 1900. It was to remain his home and workplace until the very last years of his life. He is buried in the villa's chapel.
Turandot: "Nessun dorma"
Giacomo Puccini Lyrics
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Nessun dorma
Tu pure, o, principessa
Nella tua fredda stanza
Guardi le stelle
Che tremano d'amore
E di speranza
Il nome mio nessun saprá!
No, no, sulla tua bocca lo diró
Quando la luce splenderá!
Ed il mio bacio sciogliera il silenzio
Che ti fa mia!
Dilegua, o notte!
Tramontate, stelle!
Tramontate, stelle!
All'alba vinceró!
Vinceró, vinceró!
The lyrics of Giacomo Puccini's "Nessun dorma" from his opera Turandot tell the story of a prince who has fallen in love with Princess Turandot and is determined to win her over, despite the risks involved in doing so. The first stanza of the song conveys the prince's feelings of isolation and loneliness as he gazes upon the stars from his own confinement. The lyrics express his belief that his identity will remain hidden from the world and that no one will ever know his name. The second stanza indicates that the prince plans to reveal his name to the princess when the time is right, and he senses that the dawn is near.
The final stanza of the song is a powerful expression of the prince's inner strength and determination. He declares that he will be victorious over the obstacles that lie in his path, and that he will emerge triumphant in his quest to win the heart of the princess. The lyrics convey a sense of hope and confidence, as the prince looks forward to the triumph that awaits him.
Line by Line Meaning
Nessun dorma!
No one shall sleep!
Nessun dorma
No one shall sleep
Tu pure, o, principessa
You too, oh princess
Nella tua fredda stanza
In your cold room
Guardi le stelle
You look at the stars
Che tremano d'amore
That tremble with love
E di speranza
And with hope
Ma il mio mistero e chiuso in me
But my secret is locked within me
Il nome mio nessun saprá!
No one will know my name!
No, no, sulla tua bocca lo diró
No, no, I will say it on your mouth
Quando la luce splenderá!
When the light shines!
Ed il mio bacio sciogliera il silenzio
And my kiss will dissolve the silence
Che ti fa mia!
That makes you mine!
Dilegua, o notte!
Disappear, oh night!
Tramontate, stelle!
Fade away, stars!
Tramontate, stelle!
Fade away, stars!
All'alba vinceró!
At dawn, I will win!
Vinceró, vinceró!
I will win, I will win!
Writer(s): Giacomo Puccini, F. Alfano, G. Adami, R. Simoni
Contributed by Lucas V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@caeseraugustus1775
@@jamesobrien704 None shall sleep,
None shall sleep!
Even you, oh Princess,
In your cold room,
Watch the stars,
That tremble with love
And with hope.
But my secret is hidden within me,
My name no one shall know,
No... no...
On your mouth, I will tell it,
When the light shines.
And my kiss will dissolve the silence that makes you mine!
(No one will know his name and we must, alas, die.)
Vanish, o night!
Set, stars! Set, stars!
At dawn, I will win!
I will win!
I will win!
@cameronferguson1211
I think he saw God himself at the last note
@giselleugu4718
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@giselleugu4718
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@giselleugu4718
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@AuraSanatrix
He's with God now.
@giselleugu4718
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@CindyElleCharatan
You don't have to be an opera fan to appreciate how magnificent his voice was.
@mubaraksenju7521
Dont forget to mention the choir and orchestra. Definitely one of the best ever!
@kristjangornischeff6692
The football career he could have had..
@kristjangornischeff6692
I definetely replyd on the wrong post goddamnit