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Perhaps the last major figure in Italy’s 300-year old opera tradition, Puccini always claimed that his work could be sung in any language and still be clearly understood. The powerful narrative flow of his operas is matched by an unerring sense of melody and orchestration, making Puccini for many the ultimate operatic composer. In this generous collection his greatest opera arias and duets from Tosca, La Bohème, Madama Butterfly, Turandot and more, are performed by some of the world’s greatest ever opera singers.