Scene from: Great Composers: Puccini
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Conductor: Richard Buckley
Shot on location in Italy and includes filmed extracts with: José Cura, Leontina Vaduva and Julia Migenes accompanied by the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Richard Buckley in arias from Manon Lescaut, La Bohčme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La Fanciulla del West and Turandot. Biographical and critical commentators include: Julian Dudden, Sir Charles Mackerras, Simon Callow, Jonathan Miller, William Ashbrook, Leonoardo Pinzauti, Raymond Gubbay, Alan Sievewright and Puccini's grand-daughter Simonetta and his neighbours.
Catalogue: 5101154522