Happy Birthday Maestro!

The 150th Anniversary of the birth of Giacomo Puccini is celebrated on 22nd December through an extraordinary concert by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Miguel Gomez-Martinez at Teatro del Giglio of Lucca. It is the final date with the Puccini celebrations, set up by the National Committee for Puccini Celebrations.

EXHIBITIONS

The exhibition Puccini and Lucca until 6th January.

Di Simo: Puccini’s Café

If you are walking around Lucca, don't miss De Simo Café (Via Fillungo, historic centre)


Exhibit catalogue issuing - Puccini e Lucca. “Quando sentirò la dolce nostalgia della mia terra nativa”

On September 12th at 9:30 p.m.

The music of Giacomo Puccini is back in the churches of Lucca

The Province of Lucca and the churches of San Paolino, San Frediano and San Michele promote the music

A NEW PUCCINI “LIBRETTO”…. FOR COOKING

The restaurants in the Province of Lucca rediscover the beloved dishes of the Maestro and create new ones

GIACOMO PUCCINI'S LAND - ITINERARIES

Bagni di Lucca - Celle dei Puccini - Chiatri - Lucca - Massaciuccoli - Torre del Lago - Viareggio - Vicopelago

Really cool: a T-shirt for the 150th Anniversary

Gadgets: ever-present, above all, when one wants to recall great events, personages or particular and illustrious accounts

New theatre for Giacomo Puccini's music

Photo gallery of the New Great Open-Air Theatre at Torre del Lago, dedicated to the Maestro

Concerts: Puccini, Verdi and the French Chamber Music

Lucca - Among the over fifty dates making up the rich 2008 calendar of the Associazione Musicale Lucchese, important events dedicated to Giacomo Puccini could not be missing, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birth

I Lived on Art – All Puccini's Digital Works

The complete works by the composer on digital technology: scores, notes, letters, documents and even autograph postcards to his usual friends, new images to be familiar with the man and the artist

Four operas staged on the Lake

Excellent international names are taking part in the 2008 season of Puccini Festival at Torre del Lago


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