Brief signs...
Giacomo Puccini is born to Lucca December 22 nd 1858 from a family of musicians from five generations. Since small it shows to possess a great musical talent, even if it doesn't show to properly be a boy prodigy (to the peer of a Mozart, for instance).
Indolent and few prone to the study, perhaps because it came him all until too much easy, the teachers complained about his/her idleness. He/she succeeds in getting a scholarship for the Conservatory in Milan however;nevertheless his/her mother, desirous to continue the family traditions, he/she sends him/it to study near the musical institute of lucca......
For info on the "festival pucciniano":
www.puccinifestival.it/ - 5k -
For info on the museum "villa puccini":
www.giacomopuccini.it/ - 3k -