{"id":73165,"date":"2024-01-24T17:41:31","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T16:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.puccinifestival.it\/the-voice-of-puccini\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T12:11:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:11:33","slug":"the-voice-of-puccini","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.puccinifestival.it\/en\/the-voice-of-puccini\/","title":{"rendered":"The Voice of Puccini!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"73165\" class=\"elementor elementor-73165 elementor-63634\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a619493 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a619493\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afbb375 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-laptop__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"afbb375\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">AMERICA FOREVER! \u2013 The voice of Giacomo Puccini <\/h2><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A unique historical document, restored using artificial intelligence.<\/strong><\/p><p>A special treat for all friends of the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago: listen to this restored recording featuring <strong>the actual voice of GIACOMO PUCCINI.<\/strong><\/p><p>Thanks to the use of advanced artificial intelligence software, we were able to clean up and restore this rare recording, which we officially presented in 2023 in New York at NYU Casa Italiana.<\/p><p>In the clip, the Maestro expresses his gratitude for the warm welcome he has received in the United States and bids farewell to the audience with an iconic farewell:<\/p><blockquote style=\"background: #f9f9f9; border-left: 5px solid #ccc; margin: 1.5em 10px; padding: 0.5em 10px;\"><p><em>\u201cI would like to thank Mr Viafora most sincerely for his kind words. 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