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Welcome to The American Center for Puccini Studies
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Thank you for visiting our website!
The American Center for Puccini Studies specializes in the presentation of unusual performing editions of composer, Giacomo Puccini's works and introduces many neglected or unknown Puccini pieces to the music loving public. The ACPS offers fresh, new perspectives to the standard repertory - many "standard" performing practices of Puccini's operas are in opposition to his stated aesthetic goals. The great conductor, Arturo Toscanini, once defined "tradition" as "the last bad performance"! Thus, The American Center for Puccini Studies seeks to produce historically informed performances which honor both the composer's wishes and the storied musical tradition from which they emerge.
The ACPS hopes to foster a greater understanding of the opera world of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, with special focus on Italian repertoire and also presents the unfamiliar, yet beautiful works of Puccini's contemporaries - composers such as Catalani, Mascagni, Franchetti, and Leoncavallo.
Based just outside the nation's capital, in Montgomery County, Maryland, The American Center for Puccini Studies presents ongoing concerts, recitals, lectures and publications, and offers an educational program designed to make the art form of opera available to young audiences.
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