He called himself the ‘musician of small things’ - and yet he found music for the big questions of love and death. For a long time, critics took note of the composer Giacomo Puccini, wrinkling their noses. However, the audiences still love him today.
Dlf Podcast Lange Nacht
Giacomo Puccini - Composer of Great Emotions
https://www.gkr.uni-leipzig.de/en/historisches-seminar/institut/aktuelles-und-veranstaltungen/detailseite-aktuelles/artikel/giacomo-puccini-komponist-der-ganz-grossen-gefuehle-2024-11-23
Axel Körner and Barbara Babić talk about Giacomo Puccini, who died 100 years ago, in Jürgen König's podcast ‘Lange Nacht’ on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In addition to a few anecdotes about the composer from Lucca, they talk a lot about Puccini's political identity. Finally, they explore the question of why his music still touches and moves people today.