Giacomo Puccini was an Italian composer born in 1858 and is known to have put a considerable amount of thought into creating the mood and literary components of his librettos (Kamien, Roger Music An Appreciation p.280). Richard Wagner was a German composer born in 1813 to a theatrical family (Kamien, Roger Music An Appreciation p. 289). Both of these composers are famous for their operas and are from the Romanic Period. Their compositions, La Boheme and Die Walkure, share the characteristics of having speechlike and melodic phrases and the common theme of love.
Puccini’s opera, La Boheme, was an emotional opera about a boy (Rodolfo) and a girl (Mimi) who fall in love and one of them dies at the end (Kamien, Roger Music An Appreciation
Puccini’s opera, La Boheme, was an emotional opera about a boy (Rodolfo) and a girl (Mimi) who fall in love and one of them dies at the end (Kamien, Roger Music An Appreciation