A VINTAGE ORIGINAL, NOVEMBER 2005
Copyright © 2005 by William Berger
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
Vintage and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Berger, William, 1961–
Puccini without excuses: a refreshing reassessment of the world’s most popular composer/William Berger.
p. cm.
1. Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Operas. 2. Operas—Stories, plots,
etc. I. Title.
ML410.P89 B46 2005
782.1’ 092—dc22
2005046157
eISBN: 978-0-307-54290-8
Author photograph © Scott DiPerna
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