grumblebunny:i12bent:Today’s composers:Giacomo Puccini, b. Dec. 22, 1858 (d. 1924), possibly the most popular opera composer in the world for most of the 20th C. G.P. did have an unfortunate tendency to kill off his female protagonists who willingly sacrifice all in the name of love - but the arias! Ah, the arias…Photo c. 1911, by F.C. Bangs
