December 22 was the birth date of the Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924). I was startled to learn how recently he'd died; we are only just coming upon the centennial. So modern a figure was he in fact, that he was once seriously injured in an automobile accident (1903). We are accustomed to tying […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:54AM on December 22, 2022