... conductor again picked up his baton, turned to the audience, and with tears in his eyes said, "But his disciples finished his work." Thunderous applause was heard as the opera continued; the work of the master had been completed. Giacomo Puccini was a master composer who created many delightful and significant operas and, in the process, gained many disciples and thrilled millions of music patrons. He, like several other significant composers, left his master creation unfinished, but fortunately for the ...
... -working or our building breath-taking cathedrals--nothing is as important as our unity in Christ. Our unity will prove to the whole world that Jesus is the Son of God, and that God loves us. Composer Giacomo Puccini wrote a number of famous operas. In 1922, while working on his last opera, Turandot, Puccini contracted cancer. He told his students, “If I don’t live to finish Turandot, I want you to finish it for me.” Can you imagine hearing those words from your master? “If I can’t finish my ...
