Scena Lirica [CF:161-00067]

A fascinating piece of early Puccini, composed to satisfy an examination at the Milan Conservatory. It is not a student exercise, though, for it is filled with the lyrical in miniature: an opening " aria," a very brief recitative, and a concluding, passionate cantabile, whose theme was re-used later by the composer in his opera, MANON LESCAUT. For schools, colleges, professional. Medium.