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The Puccini Festival

July 15, 2022

For Opera lovers every year there is an unmissable event:
The Puccini festival! Dedicated to the Viareggio composer Giacomo Puccini.

The festival is held in Torre del Lago Puccini, on the shores of Lake Massaciuccoli, close to Villa Puccini, where the composer lived for many years and where the composer's remains are kept.

Every year the festival organizes shows with great opera stars, important conductors and directors, and extraordinary productions.
Puccini's operas are staged in a large open-air theater, the "Gran Teatro all'Aperto Giacomo Puccini" with 3200 seats.

The program for the 2022 season:

Gran Teatro all’Aperto Giacomo Puccini:

"Madama Butterfly" - July 15th & 30th and August 6th
"Turandot" - July 23rd and August 5th & 12th & 20th
"Tosca" - July 16th & 29th and August 13th & 26th
"La rondine" - August 19th & 27th

Specials

August 23th * SPECIAL * "La bohème"
Production Lviv Opera House - Ukraine
July 20th "Jacob Lenz" by Wolfgang Rihm
August 25th "Satyricon" by Bruno Moderna

Concerts

July 28th Symphonic Concert | Puccini, the music, the world
Maria Luisa square - Viareggio
August 2nd and 3rd "La meglio gioventù" (homage to Pier Paolo Pasolini)
Spazio Mitoraj garden
August 24th Symphonic Concert | Puccini, the music, the world
Maria Luisa square - Viareggio
September 17th Daniele Gatti conducts Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Gran Teatro all’Aperto Giacomo Puccini

More information on the Festival: https://www.puccinifestival.it/en/
To purchase tickets: https://www.puccinifestival.it/en/ticket-purchase/

Other events for Classic Italian Opera:
http://www.aboutflorence.com/opera-and-classical-concert-florence.html
http://www.aboutroma.com/opera-and-classical-concerts-in-rome.html