Like Jules Massenet, he made an opera based on a novel by Abbé Prevost, Manon Lescaut.
This composer's first opera contains the aria "Se come voi piccina io fossi", sung to Robert by Anna, the daughter of the forester Guglielmo. In addition to Le Villi, he composed a comic opera about Magda, La Rondine, and one trilogy of his works includes Il Tabarro and Suor Angelica. Like Jules Massenet, he made an opera based on a novel by Abbé Prevost, Manon Lescaut. This composer of The Girl of the Golden West also wrote a work beginning in a garret with Marcello and Rodolfo burning pages and ending with the death of Mimi, and another in which Captain Pinkerton deserts the title character, Cio-Cio San. For 10 points, name this composer of Tosca, La bohème, and Madama Butterfly.
This composer's first opera contains the aria "Se come voi piccina io fossi", sung to Robert by Anna, the daughter of the forester Guglielmo.
Giacomo {Puccini}