Book contents
- Puccini in Context
- Composers in Context
- Puccini in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Table
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Formative Influences
- Part II Puccini’s Places
- Chapter 4 Puccini’s Tuscany
- Chapter 5 Puccini in Milan
- Chapter 6 Puccini’s Travels
- Chapter 7 Puccini’s Travels
- Chapter 8 Puccini the Long-Distance Traveller
- Part III Influences and Interests
- Part IV Bringing Puccini to the Stage
- Part V Image and Reputation
- Part VI Puccini through a Political Lens
- Part VII Interpreting Puccini
- Part VIII Legacy
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 8 - Puccini the Long-Distance Traveller
from Part II - Puccini’s Places
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 August 2023
- Puccini in Context
- Composers in Context
- Puccini in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Table
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Formative Influences
- Part II Puccini’s Places
- Chapter 4 Puccini’s Tuscany
- Chapter 5 Puccini in Milan
- Chapter 6 Puccini’s Travels
- Chapter 7 Puccini’s Travels
- Chapter 8 Puccini the Long-Distance Traveller
- Part III Influences and Interests
- Part IV Bringing Puccini to the Stage
- Part V Image and Reputation
- Part VI Puccini through a Political Lens
- Part VII Interpreting Puccini
- Part VIII Legacy
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter is the third of three to consider Puccini’s travels, both for work and leisure. It examines Puccini’s travels beyond Europe, primarily to South and North America. South America was a vital outpost of Italian operatic culture, with a large expatriate Italian population. The chapter discusses how Puccini’s works were exported to the major opera houses of the region and his travels to supervise performances in Argentina and Uruguay. Drawing upon Puccini’s correspondence, the author pays detailed attention to the life Puccini would have experienced on board ship, travelling in some luxury, unlike the many poor Italians who were migrating to the Americas for economic reasons – including the composer’s own brother, Michele Puccini. The chapter also discusses Puccini’s travels to New York, where he could not speak the language and was troubled by the weather. The author argues that the vast hotels and ships encountered by Puccini on these trips had a bearing on the sense of epic space in some of his later operas, notably La fanciulla del West. The chapter concludes with a discussion of Puccini’s tour of Egypt in 1908.
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- Puccini in Context , pp. 61 - 70Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023