Virgilio Bernardoni invites us to retrace the stages of Puccini's life and operas, from his youth in Lucca to the beginnings of his national career in Milan as a pupil of Ricordi, to the apex of his success, reached while dividing his time between the existential refuge of Torre del Lago and the showcase of the world's theatres. A journey to discover the music and characters of the works of the man who led Italian opera from the delicate phase of melodrama at the end of the 19th century to modern theatre, revealing the new man in his naked fragility.
