Musicologist and Puccini expert Michele Girardi passed away on March 22, at the age of 70. Girardi was born in Venice, Italy on May 3, 1954. He graduated from the University of Venice in 1980, and went on to teacher at the Parma Conservatory from 1984 to 1988 and at the Mantua Conservatory from 1989 to 1998. He returned to {…}