Puccini Companion: The Glorious Dozen

A comprehensive guide to Puccini's 12 operas: Le Villi, Edgar, Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La Fanciulla del West, La Rondine, Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, and Turandot. Each opera chapter features insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis by noted opera author and lecturer, Burton D. Fisher, plus Story Narratives with over 120 Music Highlight Examples, and a newly translated Libretto (exclusing Turandot) with Italian English side-by-side.