Around the same time, Leoncavallo & this man both wrote operas based on the novel "Scenes de la vie de boheme"
... Puccini's last opera, left unfinished at the time of his death, was 
Turandot,... [DOC] [TLE] PUCCINI, G.: Bohme (La) (Humburg) - Naxos [PAR] His last opera, Turandot, was left unfinished at the time of his death in 1924.