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Composer of the Week: Puccini

BBC Radio 3
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4/5. America. Donald Macleod looks at a period of mixed fortunes for Puccini: Madama Butterfly was an initial flop at its opening in 1905, and domestic tragedy struck when a servant girl committed suicide after his wife accused him of an affair with her. Repeated from Thursday at 12 noon

Source: Radio Times

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