A hundred years after his death, Giacomo Puccini remains an icon of Italian opera. Narrated by Francesco Russo, this documentary explores Puccini’s impact on pop culture and the modernity of his style through insights from performers, directors, and scholars. From Lucca to Hollywood, Puccini emerges as an innovator who blended melodrama, cinema, song, jazz, and musicals - an artist ahead of his time and a key figure in today’s musical imagination.
Producer
RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana
Co-production
AUT AUT
Country
Italy
Directed by
Angelo Bozzolini
Camera
Artistic Supervision by Alessandro Soetje; Photography by Sandro De Pascalis, Lucio Pontoni, Francesco Speranza
Duration
73 minutes
Year of production
2025