Behind every soaring aria and heartbreaking finale lies a story the audience never hears, a story told in ink and urgency, in frustration and triumph, in the sleepless desperation of a genius chasing perfection. The Letters of Giacomo Puccini draws back the velvet curtain on one of opera's most celebrated composers, revealing the man who sweated and agonized and argued his way toward the immortal works that still pack concert halls around the world. Here, in his own words, is the composer ...